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View usage for: (ɒstenteɪʃən) uncountable nounIf you describe someone's behaviour as ostentation, you are criticizing them for doing or buying things in order to impress people. [formal, disapproval] Consumers are abandoning the excess and ostentation of the 1980s. On the whole she had lived modestly, with a notable lack of ostentation. Synonyms: display, show, parade, boasting More Synonyms of ostentation ostentation in British English (ˌɒstɛnˈteɪʃən) nounpretentious, showy, or vulgar display ostentation in American English (ˌɑstənˈteɪʃən) noun showy display, as of wealth or knowledge; pretentiousness Derived forms ostentatious (ˌostenˈtatious) adjective ostentatiously (ˌostenˈtatiously) adverb ostentatiousness (ˌostenˈtatiousness) noun Word origin ME ostentacioun < L ostentatio < ostentare < ostendere: see ostensible Examples of 'ostentation' in a sentenceostentation Definition pretentious, showy, or vulgar display Despite her wealth, she lived with a notable lack of ostentation. Synonyms boasting showing off (informal) flaunting vaunting window-dressing exhibitionism pretentiousness flashiness showiness Opposites reserve , simplicity , modesty , humility , plainness , unpretentiousness , inconspicuousness Additional synonymsDefinition an attitude or manner put on to impress others She writes well, without fuss or affectation. Synonyms pretence, show, posing, posturing, act, display, appearance, pose, façade, simulation, sham, pretension, veneer, artifice, mannerism, insincerity, pretentiousness, hokum (slang, US, Canadian), artificiality, fakery, affectedness, assumed manners, false display, unnatural imitation He was his usual mixture of flamboyance and flair. Synonyms showiness, show, style, dash, sparkle, chic, flair (informal), verve, swagger, swag (slang), extravagance, panache, pomp, glitz (informal), élan, éclat, bravura, swank (informal), theatricality, exhibitionism, brio, ostentation, stylishness, flashiness, flamboyancy, floridity, pizzazz or pizazz (informal) Definition a fancy or extravagant action or part of something with a flourish of church bells Synonyms show, display, parade, fanfareNearby words ofostentation - ossify
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Additional synonymsDefinition spectacular display or ceremony He was greeted with all the pageantry of an official state visit. Synonyms spectacle, show, display, drama, parade, splash (informal), state, glitter, glamour, grandeur, splendour, extravagance, pomp, magnificence, theatricality, showiness Definition a blatant but sometimes insincere display a parade of military power Synonyms exhibition, flaunting, demonstration, display, vaunting Definition stately display or ceremony the pomp and splendour of the English aristocracy Synonyms ceremony, grandeur, splendour, state, show, display, parade, flourish, pageant, magnificence, solemnity, pageantry, ostentation, éclatDefinition the quality of being pretentious We liked him for his honesty and lack of pretension. Synonyms affectation, hypocrisy, conceit, show, airs, vanity, snobbery, pomposity, self-importance, ostentation, pretentiousness, snobbishness, vainglory, showiness Definition something done to create an impression The change in government is more for show than for real. Synonyms appearance, display, impression, pose, profession, parade, ostentationDefinition showing off or boasting There was no swank in Martin. Synonyms boastfulness, show, ostentation, display, swagger, vainglory |