Pretentious diction

Synonyms for "pretentious diction" (15 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Adjective(3 words)
bombasticcritical termgrandiose

Strong matches (5)

Adjective(4 words)
grandiose languageinflatedinflated dictionnegative descriptor
Noun(1 words)
macrologies

Related words (7)

Adjective(6 words)
ornatepejorative labelpompous languageshowyshowy wordingteacher critique
Noun(1 words)
poetic diction

Related word relations

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More general

8 entries
academic stylecommunication styledescriptive adjectiveevaluative adjectiveevaluative languagelinguistic stylerhetoricwriting style

More specific

11 entries
academic jargonbombasticflowery languagegrandiloquent phrasinggrandiosehigh flown languagehighflownhighflown styleornate dictionornate proseornate wording

Collocations

10 entries
bombastic dictiongrandiose dictioninflated dictionpompous dictionpretentious diction effectpretentious diction examplepretentious diction issuepretentious diction stylepretentious diction usagepretentious language

Inflections

3 entries
more pretentiousmost pretentiouspretentious dictions

Derivations

3 entries

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