pretentiousness (n.)

  1. lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity

    [ Syn: ostentation , ostentatiousness , pomposity , pompousness , puffiness , splashiness , inflation ]

  2. the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)

    [ Syn: pretension , largeness ]

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