- pretentiousness
- noun see pretentious
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
pretentiousness
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pretentiousness — index bombast, pretense (ostentation), rhetoric (insincere language) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
pretentiousness — pretentious ► ADJECTIVE ▪ attempting to impress by affecting greater importance or merit than is actually possessed. DERIVATIVES pretentiously adverb pretentiousness noun … English terms dictionary
Pretentiousness — Pretentious Pre*ten tious, a. [Cf. F. pr[ e]tentieux. See {Pretend}.] Full of pretension; disposed to lay claim to more than is one s; presuming; assuming. {Pre*ten tious*ly}, adv. {Pre*ten tious*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pretentiousness — See pretentiously. * * * … Universalium
pretentiousness — noun The quality of being pretentious … Wiktionary
pretentiousness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Boastful self importance or display: grandioseness, grandiosity, ostentation, pomposity, pompousness, pretension. See PLAIN … English dictionary for students
pretentiousness — pre ten·tious·ness || prɪ tenʃəsnɪs n. ostentatiousness, showiness, pompousness; arrogance, haughtiness … English contemporary dictionary
pretentiousness — n. Assumption, conceit, false assumption, over assertion … New dictionary of synonyms
pretentiousness — pre·ten·tious·ness … English syllables
pretentiousness — noun 1. lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity • Syn: ↑ostentation, ↑ostentatiousness, ↑pomposity, ↑pompousness, ↑puffiness, ↑splashiness, ↑inflation … Useful english dictionary
