 pretentiousness |
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| 1. | [ noun ] lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity | |
| Synonyms: | pompousness ostentatiousness pomposity splashiness inflation ostentation | |
| Related terms: | inelegance | |
| 2. | [ noun ] the quality of being pretentious (creating a false appearance of great importance or worth) | |
| Synonyms: | pretension | |
| Related terms: | unpretentiousness unnaturalness ostentation | |
| Similar spelling: |
pretentiously |
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