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pretension
noun
1 pretension
A false or unsupportable quality.
synonyms: pretence, pretense.
Roget 577:
ornament;
floridness c†.
adj..
turgidity,
turgescence†;
altiloquence
etc.
adj.†;
declamation,
teratology†;
well-rounded periods;
elegance
etc.
578;
orotundity.
inversion,
antithesis,
alliteration,
paronomasia;
figurativeness
etc.
(metaphor)
521.
flourish;
flowers of speech,
flowers of rhetoric;
frills of style,
euphuism†,
euphemism.
big-sounding words,
high-sounding words;
macrology†,
sesquipedalia verba [Lat.],
Alexandrine;
inflation,
pretension;
rant,
bombast,
fustian,
prose run mad;
fine writing;
sesquipedality†;
Minerva press.
phrasemonger;
euphuist†,
euphemist.
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Roget 617:
pretext,
pretense,
pretension,
plea†;
allegation,
advocation;
ostensible motive,
ostensible ground,
ostensible reason,
phony reason;
excuse
etc.
(vindication)
937;
subterfuge;
color;
gloss,
guise,
cover.
loop hole,
starting hole;
how to creep out of,
salvo,
come off;
way of escape.
handle,
peg to hang on,
room locus standi [Lat.];
stalking-horse,
cheval de bataille [Fr.],
cue.
pretense
etc.
(untruth)
546;
put off,
dust thrown in the eyes;
blind;
moonshine;
mere pretext,
shallow pretext;
lame excuse,
lame apology;
tub to a whale;
false plea,
sour grapes;
makeshift,
shift,
white lie;
special pleading
etc.
(sophistry)
477;
soft sawder
etc.
(flattery)
933†.
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Roget 855:
affectation;
affectedness
etc.
adj.;
acting a part
etc.
v.;
pretense
etc.
(falsehood)
544,
(ostentation)
882;
boasting
etc.
884.
charlatanism,
quackery,
shallow profundity;
pretension,
airs,
pedantry,
purism,
precisianism,
euphuism;
teratology
etc.
(altiloquence)
577.
mannerism,
simagree,
grimace.
conceit,
foppery,
dandyism,
man millinery,
coxcombry,
puppyism.
stiffness,
formality,
buckram;
prudery,
demureness,
coquetry,
mock modesty,
minauderie,
sentimentalism;
mauvais honte,
false shame.
affector,
performer,
actor;
pedant,
pedagogue,
doctrinaire,
purist,
euphuist,
mannerist;
grimacier;
lump of affectation,
precieuse ridicule [Fr.],
bas bleu [Fr.],
blue stocking,
poetaster;
prig;
charlatan
etc.
(deceiver)
548;
petit maitre
etc.
(fop)
854;
flatterer
etc.
935;
coquette,
prude,
puritan.
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Roget 924:
due,
dueness;
right,
privilege,
prerogative,
prescription,
title,
claim,
pretension,
demand,
birthright.
immunity,
license,
liberty,
franchise;
vested interest,
vested right.
sanction,
authority,
warranty,
charter;
warrant
etc.
(permission)
760;
constitution
etc.
(law)
963;
tenure;
bond
etc.
(security)
771.
claimant,
appellant;
plaintiff
etc.
938.
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2 pretension
The advancing of a claim.
Polish: żądanie, roszczenie, pretensja
3 pretension
The quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth).
synonyms: largeness, pretentiousness.
Dutch: pretentie
Polish: nadęcie, zmanierowanie, pretensjonalność, nadętość, zadęcie
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