teeskentelijä — meaning in English

English meaning

• phony adj Fake or fraudulent; not genuine.
• pretender noun Someone who claims a right to a position, especially a throne, though the claim is often disputed.

Senses

teeskentelijä is used for these senses in English:

• feigner One who feigns.
• phony (informal) A person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own.
• phony (informal) A person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold.
• pretender A person who professes beliefs and opinions that they do not hold.

phony — full definition

1. adj Fake or fraudulent; not genuine.
2. noun A person who pretends to be something they are not.

pretender — full definition

1. noun Someone who claims a right to a position, especially a throne, though the claim is often disputed.
2. noun Someone who fakes a quality, belief, or status they don't genuinely have.

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