pretentiousness
pretentiousness · pretentiousnesses
претензійність
претенциозность
The quality of being pretentiousThe quality of being pretentious.
» I don’t see any content in his statements besides clowning, affectation, and pretentiousness.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)The quality of being pretentious.
Near-synonyms: affectation, affectedness, false pretense, pretending
претенцио́зностьpretencióznostʹ
претензі́йністьpretenzíjnistʹ
the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)
Examples
2 sentencesI don’t see any content in his statements besides clowning, affectation, and pretentiousness.
His pretentiousness is irritating.
Translations
4 languagesУкраїнська
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Forms
plural: pretentiousnesses| Singular | pretentiousness |
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Synonyms
15 synonymsClose in meaning
- the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth):pretensionlargeness
- lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity:ostentationostentatiousnesspompositypompousnesspuffinesssplashinessinflation
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
1 related wordsRelatedpretentious
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable