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pretentiousness

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pre·ten·tious  (pr-tnshs)
adj.
1. Claiming or demanding a position of distinction or merit, especially when unjustified.
2. Making or marked by an extravagant outward show; ostentatious. See Synonyms at showy.
pre·tentious·ly adv.
pre·tentious·ness n.
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Noun1.pretentiousness - lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, splashiness, ostentation, puffiness, inflation
inelegance - the quality of lacking refinement and good taste
2.pretentiousness - the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)
pretension, largeness
unnaturalness - the quality of being unnatural or not based on natural principles
ostentation - pretentious or showy or vulgar display
unpretentiousness - the quality of being natural and without pretensions
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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.
Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
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.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
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