Pretentious \Pre*ten"tious\, a. [Cf. F. pr['e]tentieux. See
Pretend.]
Full of pretension; disposed to lay claim to more than is
one's; presuming; assuming. --
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
pretentiousness
n 1: lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and
puffed up with vanity [syn: ostentation, ostentatiousness,
pomposity, pompousness, splashiness, inflation]
2: the quality of being pretentious (creating a false
appearance of great importance or worth) [syn: pretension]
[ant: unpretentiousness]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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