Definitions for pretentiousness



Overview of noun pretentiousness

The noun pretentiousness has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness, inflation

(lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity)

2. pretentiousness, pretension, largeness

(the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth))

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