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pretentiousness

noun

Etymology

From pretentious + -ness.

  1. derived from praetēnsus — “false or hypocritical profession”
  2. derived from prétentieux
  3. suffixed as pretentiousness — “pretentious + -ness”

Definitions

  1. The quality of being pretentious.

    • Near-synonyms: affectation, affectedness, false pretense, pretending
    • Possibly her sheer pretentiousness, or that she knew everything about everything, or maybe because she treated her reporters like underoxygenated platypies.
    • Wines can be described with words like cigar box and “pencil lead,” or flinty or with hints of sandalwood — oenophiles can veer into what many might deem pretentiousness pretty quick.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA