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Noun
The quality of being pretentious or conceited
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“Ambrosius spoke to Praxiteles without a trace of pretension or arrogance.”
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The quality of being flamboyant or ostentatious
“The lack of pretension in the decor was surprising. She didn't know what she had expected, but the offices of upper management she had seen usually looked more like small museums, lined with trophies, plaques, and photographs.”
Noun
A false front or show
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“Under the pretension that the act enforces competition, the freebooters in the industry push to the limit predatory competition for the purpose of destroying and gradually securing control.”
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A claim, or assertion of a claim, to something
“Budgets were cut right back, and all pretension to filmmaking disappeared.”
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An aim or end result that one hopes to achieve
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“This deprives the model of any serious pretension of being a scientific explanation of the dynamics of international affairs.”
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An increase in quantity, size, or degree
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A statement that represents something as better or worse than it really is
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Pretentious behavior, typically involving vain boasting
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Deception, especially when practiced under a false or assumed character
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An assertion that something is true
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A moral or legal entitlement to have or do something
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