/ English Dictionary |
UNPRETENTIOUSNESS
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being natural and without pretensions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("unpretentiousness" is a kind of...):
naturalness (the quality of being natural or based on natural principles)
Antonym:
pretentiousness (the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth))
Derivation:
unpretentious (not ostentatious)
unpretentious (exhibiting restrained good taste)