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Translations pretentiousness [prɪˈtenʃəsnɪs] N (= affectedness) → pretenciosidad f; (= vulgar ostentation) → cursilería f pretentiousness n (= self-importance) → Anmaßung f; (of speech, style, book) → Hochgestochenheit f; (= ostentatiousness) → Angeberei f, → Protzigkeit f (inf), → Großkotzigkeit f (inf); (of house, restaurant, décor) → Pomp m, → Bombast m How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| And on the strength of peccadillos, reprehensible in an author, but excusable in a son, the Anglo-Saxon race is accused of prudishness, humbug, pretentiousness, deceit, cunning, and bad cooking. In his literary and personal essays, therefore, such as the famous ones on Milton and Bacon, which belong early in his career, all his immense reading did not suffice to produce sympathetic and sensitive judgments; there is often more pretentiousness of style than significance of interpretation. |
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