(wygląd) look, face, colour, appearance
(pretekst) pretext, pretence, mask
(l.mn.) appearances, externals
pozór prawa: colour of law, legal fictionpozory rzeczywistości: versimilitudepozór rozsądku: the colour of reasonpozór słuszności: colour of rightpozór ważności: consequencedla pozoru pro formapod pozorem: on the plea of, under the disguise of, under cover of..., under pretence.pod byle pozorem on (under) flimsy pretextmieć pozory to seemstwarzać pozory czegoś: to pretend sth, to sham sthzachować pozory: to keep up appearancespod pozorem: under the colour of...pod pozorem prawa: under the colour of lawmający pozory prawdy: colourable

(an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
"he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity"
"he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction"
"the situation soon took on a different color")
semblance, gloss, color, colour
synonim: fasada

pretence, (US) pretense, appearance
zachowywać pozory to keep up appearances
pod żadnym pozorem on no account
gra pozorów charade
pod pozorem czegoś under a pretence of sth
z pozoru apparently

n masc C pretence
sham: na ~ on the surface
to/by all appearances
pod ~orem czegoś under a pretence of sth
pod żadnym ~orem on no account
pl ~ory appearances
zachowywać ~ory to keep up appearances
stwarzać ~ory to make believe (that)
to pretend (sth)

m appearance, semblance, pretence, pretext
zachować pozory - to keep up appearances
na pozór - on the face of it
seemingly
pod pozorem - under the pretence
pod żadnym pozorem - under (on) no account
według wszelkich pozorów - to all appearances
pozory mylą - appearances are misleading

apparence, pretence

SEMBLANCE

COLOUR

COLOR

FACE

SHOW

PRETENCE

PRETEXT

GUISE

MASK

PREPOSITION

APPEARANCE

pretext pretence

zob. [ [pozory

prawa - legal fiction

sham

semaphore

seeming

make-believe

dummy