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Synonyms for pretentiousness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : pri-ten-shuhs |
| Phonetic Transcription : prɪˈtɛn ʃəs |
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Définition of pretentiousness
Origin :- 1836, from French prétentieux (17c.), from prétention "pretension," from Medieval Latin pretentionem (nominative pretentio) "pretension," noun of action from past participle stem of Latin praetendere (see pretend (v.)).
- noun self-importance
- The novelty of the thing, and the pretentiousness in which he had swaddled it, had deceived them finely.
- Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
- I can see none of that pretentiousness that Edith Bryce led us to expect.'
- Extract from : « Lover or Friend » by Rosa Nouchette Carey
- I am no politician, nor given to tricks nor to pretentiousness.
- Extract from : « Letters and Literary Memorials of Samuel J. Tilden, v. 2 » by Samuel J. Tilden
- Anecdotes were told of his self-assurance, his vanity, his pretentiousness.
- Extract from : « Mount Royal, Volume 3 of 3 » by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- Nevertheless he regarded it as essentially absurd in its pretentiousness.
- Extract from : « The Price of Love » by Arnold Bennett
- While tolerant of kinds in literature, he should be intolerant of pretentiousness.
- Extract from : « The Art of Letters » by Robert Lynd
- He probed character with a glance, and was particularly sharp on pretentiousness and self-importance.
- Extract from : « Collections and Recollections » by George William Erskine Russell
- Although comely, she was homely—a "downright" girl, scorning and hating all manner of pretentiousness.
- Extract from : « The Price of Love » by Arnold Bennett
- But I know now that my blush was far more unworthy than his freedom from all pretentiousness in matters of art.
- Extract from : « The Story of My Life » by Ellen Terry
- Even leaving aside the discomforts which are always allied to pretentiousness, the poor rich woman has a hard time of it.
- Extract from : « Town Life in Australia » by R. E. N. (Richard) Twopeny
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