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artificiality vs pretension

pretension vs artificiality

artificiality and pretension both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
artificiality Yes No No No
pretension Yes No No No
As nouns, pretension is a hyponym of artificiality; that is, pretension is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than artificiality:
  • artificiality: the quality of being produced by people and not occurring naturally
  • pretension: a false or unsupportable quality
Other hyponyms of artificiality include staginess, theatricality, pretence, pretense.
artificiality (noun) pretension (noun)
the quality of being produced by people and not occurring naturally a false or unsupportable quality
the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)
the advancing of a claim
Difference between artificiality and pretension

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