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Grammar : Noun
Spell : os-ten-tey-shuhn, -tuhn-
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɒs tɛnˈteɪ ʃən, -tən-



Definition of ostentation

Origin :
  • mid-15c., from Old French ostentacion (mid-14c.) and directly from Latin ostentationem (nominative ostentatio) "showing, exhibition, vain display," noun of action from past participle stem of ostentare "to display," frequentative of ostendere "to show" (see ostensible).
  • noun exhibitionism, flashiness
Example sentences :
  • Reflecting, by your ostentation, upon all the ladies in the county, who do not as you do.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • For myself, I must say that I like absence of all ostentation.
  • Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant
  • In Spain, it is celebrated with all the pomp and ostentation imaginable.
  • Extract from : « Roman Catholicism in Spain » by Anonymous
  • This was no time, he remarked, for publicity and ostentation.
  • Extract from : « The Rescue » by Joseph Conrad
  • The man nearest him, combing his beard with ostentation, burst into a laugh.
  • Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
  • In such isolation there is no rivalry of ostentation, and men care only to live.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs » by Charles Godfrey Leland
  • Clarence slipped out of the stage and entered the bar-room with some ostentation.
  • Extract from : « A Waif of the Plains » by Bret Harte
  • That was the only ostentation about him, and his quiet, well-cut clothes were in good taste.
  • Extract from : « The Grell Mystery » by Frank Froest
  • He had a singular abhorrence of luxury, waste, and ostentation.
  • Extract from : « Captains of Industry » by James Parton
  • There was no ostentation or superciliousness about Mrs. Washington.
  • Extract from : « Stories of New Jersey » by Frank Richard Stockton

Synonyms for ostentation

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