PRETENSION Synonyms
There are 3 hypernyms of the word pretension. (close relations)
Best Synonyms for PRETENSION
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| affectation | nounn | |||||
noun • a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display | ||||||
| airs | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • affected manners intended to impress others | ||||||
| extravagance | nounn | |||||
noun • the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth • the trait of spending extravagantly • the activity of excessive spending | ||||||
| grandiosity | nounn | |||||
noun • high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation | ||||||
| haughtiness | nounn | |||||
noun • overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors | ||||||
| ostentation | nounn | |||||
noun • a gaudy outward display • lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity • pretentious or showy or vulgar display | ||||||
| pomposity | nounn | |||||
noun • lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity | ||||||
| self-importance | nounn | |||||
noun • an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others • an exaggerated opinion of your own importance | ||||||
| showiness | nounn | |||||
noun • extravagant elaborateness | ||||||
| superiority | nounn | |||||
noun • the quality of being superior • the quality of being at a competitive advantage • displaying a sense of being better than others • the state of excelling or surpassing or going beyond usual limits | ||||||
| largeness | nounn | |||||
noun • the capacity to understand a broad range of topics • large or extensive in breadth or importance or comprehensiveness • the property of having a relatively great size • the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth) | ||||||
| pretence | nounn | |||||
noun • a false or unsupportable quality • an artful or simulated semblance • pretending with intention to deceive • imaginative intellectual play • the act of giving a false appearance | ||||||
| pretense | nounn | |||||
noun • the act of giving a false appearance • pretending with intention to deceive • imaginative intellectual play • a false or unsupportable quality • an artful or simulated semblance | ||||||
| pretentiousness | nounn | |||||
noun • lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity • the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth) | ||||||