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English noun: pretentiousness | |||
| 1. | pretentiousness (attribute) lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity | ||
| Synonyms | inflation, ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, puffiness, splashiness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | inelegance | ||
| 2. | pretentiousness (attribute) 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 | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | unnaturalness | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ostentation | ||
| Antonyms | unpretentiousness | ||
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