Pretentiousness

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The quality of being pretentious; undue assumption of excellence, importance, or dignity.
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  • noun. The quality of being pretentious.
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  • noun. lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
  • noun. the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)
    • Word Usage
    "On this level, however, the charge of pretentiousness is open to a number of challenges."
    Hypernym
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    inelegance  
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    airs  bigness  side  
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