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Pretension

nounid 108785·updated May 18, 2026
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the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)

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Variants

synonym
largenesspretensepretentiousness
plural
Pretensions
possessive
Pretension's
pluralpossessive
Pretensions'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary3 sensesview framework →
§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

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