Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pretentiousness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pretentious \Pre*ten"tious\, a. [Cf. F. pr['e]tentieux. See
{Pretend}.]
Full of pretension; disposed to lay claim to more than is
one's; presuming; assuming. -- {Pre*ten"tious*ly}, adv. --
{Pre*ten"tious*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pretentiousness
n 1: lack of elegance as a consequence of pomposity [syn: {ostentation},
{ostentatiousness}, {pomposity}, {pompousness}, {splashiness}]
2: the quality of being pretentious (creating a false
appearance of great importance or worth) [syn: {pretension}]
[ant: {unpretentiousness}]
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