06759776-n 'something serving to conceal plans';
 
Chinese (simplified) 托辞 , 盾牌 , 挡箭牌 , 事故 , 掩饰
English pretext 1 , stalking-horse
Indonesian helah , dalih , alasan
Japanese 口実
Definitions
English
something serving to conceal plans
a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason
Japanese
計画を隠すのに役立つもの
本当の理由を隠すためにでっちあげられる虚為の理由
Relations
Hyponym: putoff
Hypernym: pretense
Semantic Field: communicationn
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