| NOUN | attribute | pretentiousness, ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, puffiness, splashiness, inflation | lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity |
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| attribute | pretentiousness, pretension, largeness | the quality of being pretentious / pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false / false appearance of great importance or worth) |
| Meaning | lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity. | |
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| Synonyms | ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, puffiness, splashiness, inflation | |
| Broader | inelegance | The quality of lacking refinement and good taste |
| Spanish | ampulosidad, aparatosidad, ostentación, pomposidad, rimbombancia | |
| Catalan | altisonància, ampul·lositat, aparatositat, grandiloqüència, ostentació, pompositat | |
| Adjectives | pretentious | intended to attract notice and impress others |
| pretentious | (of a display) tawdry or vulgar | |
| Meaning | The quality of being pretentious / pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false / false appearance of great importance or worth). | |
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| Synonyms | pretension, largeness | |
| Narrower | ostentation | pretentious / pretentious or showy or vulgar display |
| Broader | unnaturalness | The quality of being unnatural or not based on natural principles |
| Opposite | unpretentiousness | The quality of being natural and without pretensions |
| Spanish | apariencia, engaño, fingimiento, pretensión | |
| Catalan | aparença, fingiment, pretensió, simulació | |
| Adjectives | pretentious | making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction |
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