The strain of his pretension is just too much to bear.
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Pretension
Synonyms for "pretension" (204 found)
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cover storycover upcover-updeceptiondelusiondemanddevicedisguisedisplaydissemblancedissemblingdissimulationdivine rightdroitdueexcusefacadefacefacultyfakery
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fakingfalse airfalse frontfalse showfalsityfeigned belieffeigningfeintflashinessflatulenceflatulencyfour-flushingfraudfrontfulsomenessgarishnessgaudinessgiltglossgrandiloquencegrandiosenessgrandiosityguisehandlehigh-flown dictionhumbughumbuggeryhypocrisyimageimpostureinalienable rightinflatednessinflationinsincerityinterestlame excuse
Adjective(1 words)
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lexiphanicismlocus standiloftinesslofty affectationsluridnessmagniloquencemake believemake-believemannerismmaskmasquerademere rhetoricmere showmeretriciousnessnatural rightorotundityostensible motiveostentostentationostentatious complexity
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ostentatiousnessoutward showpageantplatitudinous ponderosityplayactingpolysyllabic profunditypompositypompous prolixitypompousnesspontificationpoor excuseposeposingposturepowerprerogativeprescriptionpresumptive rightpretendingpretensepretensionspretentiousnesspretextproper claimproperty rightprose run madprotestationprunes and prismspublic imagepublic motiveput offput onput-offput-onputting on airsrefugerepresentationrhetoricrhetoricalnessrightscreenseemingsemblancesensationalismsententiousnessshamshowshowinesssidesimulacrumsimulationsmoke screensnobberyspeciousnessstalking horsestalking-horsestiltednessstratagemstylishnesssubterfugeswelling utteranceswollen phraseswollennesstall talktitletortuositytortuousnesstricktumiditytumidnessturgescenceturgidityunnaturalnessvarnishveilvested interestvested rightwindow dressing
Noun(4 words)
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6 entriesacademic pretensionartistic pretensionintellectual pretensionmoral pretensionostentatious pretensionsocial pretension
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3 total sentences available.
Art isn't the pretension of perfection.
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As a foreign stamp gazette it is nowhere. An article on Stamp Collecting, by J. E. Gray, “reprinted from one of his books,” and a catalogue of stamps constitute its sole attraction. We are surprised to find such sounding pretentions so poorly supported.
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