With their super-formal tone and heavy use of jargon, legal documents are renowned for their pomposity.
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Pomposity
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rhetoricalnessrigidnessritualritualitysecurityself-assuranceself-confidenceself-importanceself-reliancesensationalismsententiousnesssettled beliefshowinesssnobberysolemnitystarchinessstiffnessstiltednessstuffinessstylizationsubjective certaintysurenesssuretyswelling utteranceswollen phraseswollennesstall talktortuositytortuousnesstrusttumiditytumidnessturgescenceturgidityweight
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10 translations across 7 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- надутост noun (quality)
Finnish
3 entries- mahtipontisuus noun (quality)
- pompöösiys noun (quality)
- suurellisuus noun (quality)
Galician
1 entries- pomposidade noun (quality)
Irish
1 entries- mórchúis noun (quality)
Portuguese
1 entries- pomposidade noun (quality)
Spanish
2 entries- pomposidad noun (quality)
- prosopopeya noun (quality)
Swedish
1 entries- pompösitet noun (quality)
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