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OSTENTATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pretentious or showy or vulgar display
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("ostentation" is a kind of...):
largeness; pretension; pretentiousness (the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth))
Derivation:
ostentate (display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously)
ostentatious (intended to attract notice and impress others)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
Synonyms:
inflation; ostentation; ostentatiousness; pomposity; pompousness; pretentiousness; puffiness; splashiness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("ostentation" is a kind of...):
inelegance (the quality of lacking refinement and good taste)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A gaudy outward display
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("ostentation" is a kind of...):
display (exhibiting openly in public view)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ostentation"):
bluster; bravado (a swaggering show of courage)
exhibitionism (extravagant and conspicuous behavior intended to attract attention to yourself)
ritz (ostentatious display of elegance)
splurge (an ostentatious display (of effort or extravagance etc.))
pedantry (an ostentatious and inappropriate display of learning)
Derivation:
ostentate (display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously)
ostentatious (intended to attract notice and impress others)
