PRETEXT    借口

PRETENDED AND NOT REAL CAUSE for ACTING.
Hypernym
  • CAUSE　SITUATION OR THING which CAUSES something TO HAPPEN OR to be TRUE. (anc: 4/0, child: 3)
  • THING　CONCRETE OBJECT. (anc: 3/0, child: 10)
  • OBJECT　[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to. (anc: 2/0, child: 6)
Other Hypernyms
  • CAUSEnew-a7422a39-7058-4fbe-822a-3970581fbec1　SITUATION OR THING which CAUSES something TO HAPPEN OR to be TRUE. (anc: 6/0, child: 3)
  • SITUATION　RELATION in which MANY HUMANS, FEATURES OR THINGS EXIST TOGETHER OR INTERACT. (anc: 5/0, child: 11)
  • RELATION　FEATURE of TWO OR MORE THINGS TOGETHER. (anc: 4/0, child: 15)
  • Novyj objasnitel'nyj Slovar' Sinonimov Russkogo Jazyka ( APRESJAN 2004) p. 822

  • Historisches Woerterbuch der Philosophie ( RITTER 1971-2007) p. 7.1472

    PROPHASIS

  • Bibliographisches Handbuch zur Sprachinhaltsforschung. Teil II. Systematischer Teil. B. Ordnung nach Sinnbezirken (mit einem alphabetischen Begriffsschluessel): Der Mensch und seine Welt im Spiegel der Sprachforschung ( FRANKE 1989) p. 55B

    • Words (3 items)

    稱  chēng OC: thjɯŋ MC: tɕhɨŋ 5 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNadduce as a pretext 稱病
    辭  cí OC: zɯ MC: zɨ 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nabactpretended cause> pretext; excuse
    聲  shēng OC: qjeŋ MC: ɕiɛŋ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nabsocialpublic excuse, pretexts (versus reality 實)