pretentiousness
Plural: pretentiousnesses
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)
- The quality of being pretentious.
Origin / Etymology
From pretentious + -ness.
Synonyms
inflation, largeness, ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretension, puffiness, splashiness, gentility, pretentiosity
Antonyms
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