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Antonyms for pretentiousness

Grammar : Noun
Spell : pri-ten-shuhs
Phonetic Transcription : prɪˈtɛn ʃəs

Definition 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
Example sentences :
  • 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

Synonyms for pretentiousness

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