With their super-formal tone and heavy use of jargon, legal documents are renowned for their pomposity.
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Pomposity
Synonyms for "pomposity" (120 found)
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Strong matches (36)
couragedignityextrinsicalityfaithflashinessflatulenceflatulencyformformalityformalizationfulsomenessgallgarishnessgaudinessgrandiloquencegrandiosenessgrandiositygravityhigh-flown dictionhubris
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impersonalityinflatednessinflationlexiphanicismloftinessluridnessmagniloquencemere rhetoricmeretriciousnessorotundityostentationostentatious complexity
Noun(4 words)
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overconfidenceoversurenessoverweeningoverweeningnessplatitudinous ponderositypoisepolysyllabic profunditypomppompous prolixitypompousnesspontificalitypontificationpositivenesspretensionpretentiousnessprideprimnessprose run madrantraving
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rhetoricrhetoricalnessrigidnessritualritualitysecurityself-assuranceself-confidenceself-importanceself-reliancesensationalismsententiousnesssettled beliefshowinesssnobberysolemnitystarchinessstiffnessstiltednessstuffinessstylizationsubjective certaintysurenesssuretyswelling utteranceswollen phraseswollennesstall talktortuositytortuousnesstrusttumiditytumidnessturgescenceturgidityweight
Noun(4 words)
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8 entriesboastful displaybombastic dictiongrandiose phrasinggrandstandinginflated proseself-aggrandizementshowinesstheatrical gesture
Collocations
6 entriesair of pompositygrandiose displayostentatious displaypompous attitudepompous languagepompous speech
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