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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)

polysemous

Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
largenesspretensepretentiousness
plural
Pretensions
possessive
Pretension's
pluralpossessive
Pretensions'