pretentiousness
nounEtymology From pretentious + -ness.
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The quality of being pretentious.
- Near-synonyms: affectation, affectedness, false pretense, pretending
- Possibly her sheer pretentiousness, or that she knew everything about everything, or maybe because she treated her reporters like underoxygenated platypies.2015, Cathy Lubenski, Trashy Chic:
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- Wines can be described with words like cigar box and “pencil lead,” or flinty or with hints of sandalwood — oenophiles can veer into what many might deem pretentiousness pretty quick.2023 March 24, Laura Reiley, “Could nonalcoholic wine be the toast of the town?”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 15 May 2023: