pretension
A claim or aspiration to a particular status or qualityA claim or aspiration to a particular status or quality.
» Art isn't the pretension of perfection.
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2 senses(countable, uncountable)A claim or aspiration to a particular status or quality.
претензияpretenzija, притязаниеpritjazanije
прете́нзіяpreténzija
the advancing of a claim
(countable, uncountable)Pretentiousness.
Examples
5 sentencesArt isn't the pretension of perfection.
Don't start again now with your intellectual pretensions.
The strain of his pretension is just too much to bear.
Curb your intellectual pretensions.
ruУйми свои потуги на интеллектуальность. — Ooneykcall
Old men and comets are revered for the same reasons: their long beards and their pretensions to predict events.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English pretencioun, pretensioun, from Medieval Latin prētēnsiō.From Middle English pretencioun, pretensioun, from Medieval Latin prētēnsiō.
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Forms
plural: pretensions| Singular | pretension |
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Synonyms
4 synonyms- a false or unsupportable quality:pretensepretence
- the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth):pretentiousnesslargeness
Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable