 pretension |
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| 1. | [ noun ] a false or unsupportable quality | |
| Synonyms: | pretence pretense | |
| Related terms: | artificiality pretend | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (law) the advancing of a claim | |
| Examples: | "his pretension to the crown" "the town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort" |
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| Related terms: | claim pretend | |
| 3. | [ noun ] the quality of being pretentious (creating a false appearance of great importance or worth) | |
| Synonyms: | pretentiousness | |
| Related terms: | unpretentiousness unnaturalness ostentation | |
| Similar spelling: |
pretend preteen pretense pretence pretender pretended pretending pretentious preteenager pretentiously prudential |
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