pretensión

Definitions of pretensión
  1. noun
    the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)
    synonyms: apariencia, fachada, fingimiento, presunción, pretensiones, pretexto
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    antonyms:
    sencillez
    the quality of being natural and without pretensions
    types:
    boato
    pretentious or showy or vulgar display
  2. noun
    overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors
    synonyms: altivez, altiveza, arrogancia, cachaña, copete, descuello, desvanecimiento, elación, encumbramiento, endiosamiento, entono, envalentonamiento, fuero, hinchazón, imperio, inmodestia, lozanía, orgullo, penacho, pescuezo, prepotencia, soberbia, suficiencia, toldo, ufanía, ventolera
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    types:
    altanería, condescendencia
    the trait of displaying arrogance by patronizing those considered inferior
    esnobismo, exclusividad, huachafería, snobismo
    the trait of condescending to those of lower social status
    exclusividad
    tendency to associate with only a select group
  3. noun
    a point asserted as part of an argument
    synonyms: argumento
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    type of:
    aserción, aseveración
    a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)
  4. noun
    a cherished desire
    synonyms: ambición, aspiración
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    types:
    emulación
    ambition to equal or excel
    type of:
    deseo
    the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
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