pretentiousness
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From pretentious + -ness.
Noun
[edit]pretentiousness (countable and uncountable, plural pretentiousnesses)
- The quality of being pretentious.
- Synonyms: pretentiosity (uncommon), gentility
- Near-synonyms: affectation, affectedness, false pretense, pretending
- 2015, Cathy Lubenski, Trashy Chic:
- Possibly her sheer pretentiousness, or that she knew everything about everything, or maybe because she treated her reporters like underoxygenated platypies.
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