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Pretension

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A specious allegation; a pretext.

n. A claim to something, such as a privilege or right. See Synonyms at claim.

n. The advancing of a claim.

n. Ostentatious display; pretentiousness.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A claim or aspiration to a particular status or quality.

n. Pretentiousness.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The act of pretending, or laying claim; the act of asserting right or title.

n. A claim made, whether true or false; a right alleged or assumed; a holding out the appearance of possessing a certain character.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The act of putting forth a claim (specifically, a false one), particularly to merit, dignity, or importance; pretentiousness.

n. Hence, a claim; an alleged or assumed right, not necessarily false.

n. A false representation; a pretext; a sham.

n. An assertion; a proposition.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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

n. a false or unsupportable quality

n. the advancing of a claim

Word Usage

"The moment this pretension is abandoned the sword will drop from our grasp, and we shall be ready to enter into treaties of amity and commerce mutually beneficial."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

artificiality claim

Cross Reference

arms of pretension

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

claim

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Ascension Laurentian apprehension ascension attention

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

ambition conceit affectation arrogance prejudice