Pretension
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)
Framework senses
- §1
- a false or unsupportable quality
- §2
- the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)
- §3
- the advancing of a claim