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PRETENTIOUSNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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; pretentiousness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("pretentiousness" is a kind of...):
unnaturalness (the quality of being unnatural or not based on natural principles)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pretentiousness"):
ostentation (pretentious or showy or vulgar display)
Antonym:
unpretentiousness (the quality of being natural and without pretensions)
Derivation:
pretentious (making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction)
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 ("pretentiousness" is a kind of...):
inelegance (the quality of lacking refinement and good taste)
Derivation:
pretentious (intended to attract notice and impress others)
pretentious ((of a display) tawdry or vulgar)
