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pretension::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | pretence, pretense |
| Type of | artificiality |
pretension::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | largeness, pretentiousness |
| Type of | unnaturalness |
| Has types | ostentation |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | claim |
| Derivation | pretend |
his pretension to the crown.
the town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort.
Examples of pretension
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The double-sided sobriquet is a pretension, but it turns out to be a useful one.
From the philly.com
Henry had a wicked sense of humour and a dislike of all pretension and bigotry.
From the guardian.co.uk
She was wry, down-to-earth and fun, without pretension or heightened prospects.
From the guardian.co.uk
The charm of Williams'art is based on artlessness and deliberate anti-pretension.
From the time.com
Its style is Japanese-influenced and New Age, but without attitude or pretension.
From the post-gazette.com
It is a simple structure, stripped of pretension and devoid of grand ambitions.
From the suntimes.com
This pretension was considered unacceptable by the British Ministry of Defence.
From the en.wikipedia.org
There's something pleasingly understated and lacking in pretension in the C-Class.
From the cars.uk.msn.com
Creed can be funny, touching and outrageous, with a gratifying lack of pretension.
From the guardian.co.uk
- A false or unsupportable quality
- The advancing of a claim; "his pretension to the crown"; "the town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort"
- Pretentiousness: the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)
- A claim or aspiration to a particular status or quality; Pretentiousness
- A user defined force in tensile testing that is applied to the specimen before any measurements begin.
- Arms of Pretension. [See under ARMS.]
