polite fiction
play along
go along with the gag
see through
denial
bite the bullet
play off
false light
believe
bury one's head in the sand
timing is everything
lie
wind-up
wokefish
intervene
honesty is the best policy
take steps
let the chips fall where they may
put one's cards on the table
talk
face the music
indirection
paper over
subterfuge
carry the can
teach
get wise
read the room
style it out
watch the feathers fly
affect
dissemble
overlook
pretend
feign
see into
truthism
throw something in someone's face
clique
sham
flatter oneself
put one’s hands up
kayfabe
good sport
put one's hand up
bewray
discretion
show
double-dealing
catch in 4K
circumspection
duplicity
lead astray
augur
woo woo
prudence
fudge
lie in the bed one has made
take on faith
take on trust
discreetness
dissimulate
stipulate
appearance
fraud in fact
affectation
at one's own peril
positive fraud
connective
take it or leave it
unmask
pull a fast one
shoehorn
misrecognize
pretense
betray
inflicted insight
tell it like it is
make-believe
Alternativism
feigning
deceive
good faith
feigned issue
dissembling
get after
blamestorm
cognitivism
pretence
desperate times call for desperate measures
stage
posture
accountability
take one for the team
nose test
Trollope ploy
smell test
circle jerk

English words for 'A social scenario in which all participants are aware of a truth, but pretend to believe in some alternative version of events to avoid conflict or embarrassment.'

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