What is "pretentiousness" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does pretentiousness mean in English? Meaning of pretentiousness definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "pretentiousness" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "pretentiousness": lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity

Noun

  • Meaning: lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
  • Synonyms: inflation ostentation ostentatiousness pomposity pompousness pretentiousness puffiness splashiness
  • Hypernyms: inelegance
  • Meaning of "pretentiousness": the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)

    Noun

  • Meaning: 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 pretension pretentiousness
  • Hyponyms: ostentation
  • Hypernyms: unnaturalness
  • Antonyms: unpretentiousness
  • Synonyms:

    grandiosity, pompousness, ostentation, pretension, pomposity, arrogance, egotism, vanity, bigheadedness, grandioseness, cockiness, smugness, immodesty, vaingloriousness,

    Antonyms:

    modesty, humility,

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    pretentiousness in English: pretentiousness
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