pretextual

Definitions

1. Having a false, contrived or assumed purpose; characterized by pretense.
2. Before the existence of a text.
   not-comparable

Equivalents

Examples

“"If you're accused of profiling or pretextual stops, you can bring⟳ your daily logbook to court and document that pulling over motorists for 'stickler' reasons is part of your customary pattern," Remsberg writes, "not a glaring exception conveniently dusted off in the defendant's case."”

“They maintained that while historical critics sought to get⟳ behind the text to its pretextual and early textual origins (a “diachronic” approach⟳), literary critics concentrated on the final product, the text as it now stands (a “synchronic” approach⟳).”

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