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Meaning of pretentiousness


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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  pretentiousness
      n 1: lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and
           puffed up with vanity [syn: {ostentation},
           {ostentatiousness}, {pomposity}, {pompousness},
           {pretentiousness}, {puffiness}, {splashiness}, {inflation}]
      2: the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in
         such a manner as to create a false appearance of great
         importance or worth) [syn: {pretentiousness}, {pretension},
         {largeness}] [ant: {unpretentiousness}]


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