pageantingn.
/ˈpadʒ(ə)ntɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpædʒən(t)ɪŋ/ The action of staging or performing in pageants. In later use (chiefly U.S.): spec. the action of staging or competing in beauty pageants.
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the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > splendour, magnificence, or pomp > [noun]
prideOE
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pageanting1873
1873 D. Masson Drummond of Hawthornden iv. 54 One may guess the amount of pageanting, banqueting, and speechifying.
1985 Adweek (U.S.) (Nexis) 20 May If pageanting was the goal, Muss displayed the city's cultural arts in a way that would qualify Miami in any evening dress competition.
2001 Chattanooga (Tennessee) Times (Nexis) 15 July f1 Miss Hudson has discovered a subplot to pageanting. There's the public tussle for the tiara. But there's also a little competition that goes on backstage at pageants.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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