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pretentiousness

DEFINITIONS OF: pretentiousness

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n the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)

Synonyms:
largeness, pretension
Antonyms:
unpretentiousness
the quality of being natural and without pretensions
Types:
ostentation
pretentious or showy or vulgar display
Type of:
unnaturalness
the quality of being unnatural or not based on natural principles

n lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity

Synonyms:
inflation, ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, puffiness, splashiness
Type of:
inelegance
the quality of lacking refinement and good taste
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