Terrence Howard plays a music mogul in a new series on Fox. 1  CHICAGO â In the presidential suite of a Hilton hotel, above a ballroom full of extras waiting to shoot a lavish party scene, sat the two lead actors of âEmpire,â a new Fox series about a feuding entertainment-industry family.
Define pretext: a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs â pretext in a sentence a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairsâ¦
Noun. 1. pretext-something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason. stalking-horse. dissembling, feigning, pretense, pretence-pretending with intention to deceive.retext. n. 1. a fictitious reason given in order to conceal the real one. 2. a specious excuse; pretence.