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Continue readingasserting a certain quality or status
pretension, pretense, pretence(noun)a false or unsupportable quality
pretension(noun)the advancing of a claim
"his pretension to the crown"; "the town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort"
pretentiousness, pretension, largeness(noun)the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)
an entitlement to somethinga pretension of long standing to the throne of Hungary
an exaggerated sense of one's importance that shows itself in the making of excessive or unjustified claimsa woman full of pretension and pompousness
the quality or state of appearing or trying to appear more important or more valuable than is the casethe pretension of that French restaurant is more than I can bear
something that one hopes or intends to accomplishhas serious pretensions of becoming a writer
1. 4. The wannabes expose themselves through acts of pretension that make truly wealthy people avoid being around them.
2. 1. The butler reeked of pretension as he told me to enter the house through the back door.
3. 5. While John is the heir to a billion-dollar fortune, he lacks pretension and rides around town in a beat-up truck.
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