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pretentiousness
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Noun pretentiousness has 2 senses
- pretentiousness(n = noun.attribute) inflation, ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, puffiness, splashiness - lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity; Array is a kind of inelegance
- pretentiousness(n = noun.attribute) largeness, pretension - the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth); Array is a kind of unnaturalness
Derived forms adjective pretentious2, adjective pretentious3
has particulars: ostentation
Derived form adjective pretentious1
Antonym: unpretentiousness
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