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pretension

/ pretension /
noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a false or unsupportable quality
Type of:
artificiality
Derived:
pretend
noun Sense 2
the advancing of a claim
"his pretension to the crown"
"the town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort"
Type of:
claim
Derived:
pretend
noun Sense 3
the quality of being pretentious (creating a false appearance of great importance or worth)
Opposites:
unpretentiousness
Type of:
unnaturalness
Kinds of:
ostentation
Semantic Complexity
61%
Sense Count
3
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
7
Times Searched
2
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Related Words

artificiality claim unnaturalness ostentation unpretentiousness