PRETENTIOUSNESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)

Synonyms:

largeness; pretension; pretentiousness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("pretentiousness" is a kind of...):

unnaturalness (the quality of being unnatural or not based on natural principles)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pretentiousness"):

ostentation (pretentious or showy or vulgar display)

Antonym:

unpretentiousness (the quality of being natural and without pretensions)

Derivation:

pretentious (making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction)

Meaning:

Lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity

Synonyms:

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("pretentiousness" is a kind of...):

inelegance (the quality of lacking refinement and good taste)

Derivation:

pretentious (intended to attract notice and impress others)

pretentious ((of a display) tawdry or vulgar)