pretense vs uprightness

pretense

noun
  • An insincere attempt to reach a specific condition or quality. 

  • Intention or purpose not real but professed. 

  • A false or hypocritical profession 

  • An unsupported claim made or implied. 

uprightness

noun
  • The state of being honest, honourable, and moral. 

  • The product or result of being upright. 

  • The state of being erect or vertical. 

How often have the words pretense and uprightness occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )