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English Dictionary: pretentiousness	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for pretentiousness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pretentiousness n lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity Synonym(s): ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness, inflation the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth) Synonym(s): pretentiousness, pretension, largeness Antonym(s): unpretentiousness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pretentious \Preten"tious\, a. [Cf. F. pr[82]tentieux. See {Pretend}.] Full of pretension; disposed to lay claim to more than is one's; presuming; assuming. -- {Preten"tiously}, adv. -- {Preten"tious*ness}, n.