Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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pretension | Yes | No | No | No |
pretentiousness | Yes | No | No | No |
pretension (noun) | pretentiousness (noun) |
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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 quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth) | lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity |
the advancing of a claim |