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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; ... show more

Roget 617: pretext, pretense, pretension, plea; allegation, advocation; ostensible motive, ostensible ground, ostensible reason, phony reason; excuse etc. (vindication) 937; ... show more

Roget 855: affectation; affectedness etc. adj.; acting a part etc. v.; pretense etc. (falsehood) 544, (ostentation) 882; boasting ... show more

Roget 924: due, dueness; right, privilege, prerogative, prescription, title, claim, pretension, demand, birthright.    immunity, license, liberty, ... show more

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


Moby thesaurus: Barnumism, acting, affectation, affectedness, airs, airs and graces, alibi, ambitions, ambitiousness, apology, appearance, appurtenance, artificiality, aspiration, attitudinizing, authority, bedizenment, big talk, birthright, blind ... show more.

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pretensions

noun

Roget 880: vanity; conceit, conceitedness; self-conceit, self-complacency, self-confidence, self-sufficiency, self-esteem, self-love, self-approbation, self-praise, self-glorification, self-laudation, self-gratulation, ... show more

Roget 882: ostentation, display, show, flourish, parade, etalage [Fr.], pomp, array, state, solemnity; dash, splash, splurge, glitter, ... show more

Roget 884: boasting etc. v.; boast, vaunt, crake; pretense, pretensions; puff, puffery; flourish, fanfaronade; gasconade; ... show more

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