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pretension
pre·ten·sion P0546900 (prĭ-tĕn′shən)n.1. A specious allegation; a pretext: "the pretension that current political arrangements serve everyone's interests" (Steven Pinker).2. a. A claim to something, such as a skill or profession: a writer's pretensions to journalistic detachment.b. The advancing of such a claim: tried to prevent his pretensions to the throne.3. a. The unwarranted assumption that one is deserving of merit, or behavior indicative of such an assumption; pretentiousness: "the popular association of wine with snobbery and pretension" (Paul Lukacs).b. An instance of pretentiousness: "[He] was a likable, boyish man from a middle-class Southern background, though his aristocratic manner and pretensions suggested otherwise" (Mary V. Dearborn).pretension (prɪˈtɛnʃən) n1. (often plural) a false or unsupportable claim, esp to merit, worth, or importance2. a specious or unfounded allegation; pretext3. the state or quality of being pretentiouspre•ten•sion (prɪˈtɛn ʃən)
n. 1. the laying of a claim to something. 2. a claim or title to something. 3. Often, pretensions. a claim made, often indirectly or by implication, to some quality, merit, dignity, or importance. 4. the act of pretending or alleging. 5. an allegation of doubtful veracity. 6. a pretext. [1590–1600; < Medieval Latin] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | pretension - a false or unsupportable qualitypretence, pretenseartificiality - the quality of being produced by people and not occurring naturally | | 2. | pretension - the advancing of a claim; "his pretension to the crown"; "the town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort"claim - an assertion of a right (as to money or property); "his claim asked for damages" | | 3. | pretension - the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)pretentiousness, largenessunnaturalness - the quality of being unnatural or not based on natural principlesostentation - pretentious or showy or vulgar display |
pretensionnoun1. affectation, hypocrisy, conceit, show, airs, vanity, snobbery, pomposity, self-importance, ostentation, pretentiousness, snobbishness, vainglory, showiness We liked him for his honesty and lack of pretension.2. (usually plural) aspiration, claim, demand, profession, assumption, assertion, pretence one of the few fashion designers who does not have pretensions to be an artistpretensionnoun1. A professed rather than a real reason:pretense, pretext.2. A legitimate or supposed right to demand something as one's rightful due:claim, pretense, title.Slang: dibs.3. Boastful self-importance or display:grandioseness, grandiosity, ostentation, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness.TranslationsPrätentionRechtαξίωσηprétentionpretesapretensionepretensão
IdiomsSeeair of pretensionPretension
PretensionSee also Hypocrisy.Prey (See QUARRY.)Pride (See BOASTFULNESS, EGOTISM, VANITY.)Absolonvain, officious parish clerk. [Br. Lit.: Canterbury Tales, “Miller’s Tale”]Armado, Don Adrianode his language inordinately disproportionate to his thought. [Br. Lit.: Love’s Labour’s Lost]Chrononhotonthologosking whose pomposity provoked a fatal brawl with his general. [Br. Lit.: Walsh Modern, 96]Copper, Captainpretends to great wealth; jewels are counterfeit. [Br. Lit.: Rule a Wife and Have a Wife, Walsh Modern, 105]Coriolanusstiff-necked Roman aristocrat; contemptuous of the common people. [Br. Lit.: Coriolanus]Dodsworth, Franshallow industrialist’s wife ostentatiously gallivants about Europe. [Am. Lit.: Dodsworth]Dogberryostentatiously and fastidiously examines prisoners. [Br. Lit.: Much Ado About Nothing]euphuismstyle overly rich with alliteration, figures, and Latinisms. [Br. Lit.: Euphues, Espy, 127]Isle of Lanternsinhabited by pretenders to knowledge. [Fr. Lit.: Pantagruel]Jourdain, Monsieurparvenu grandiosely affects gentleman’s mien. [Fr. Lit.: The Bourgeois Gentilhomme]Madelon and Cathostheir suitors had to be flamboyant. [Fr. Lit.: Les Precieuses Ridicules]Melody, Corneliusself-deluded tavern-keeper boasts about his upper-class past to maintain a show of importance. [Am. Drama: Eugene O’Neill A Touch of the Poet in Benét, 737]morning glorysymbol of affectation; flower of September. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 175; Kunz, 330]Parollesboastful villain of affected sentiment and knowledge. [Br. Lit.: All’s Well That Ends Well]Pendennisenters university “posing as moneyed aristocrat.” [Br. Lit.: Pendennis]Verdurin, M. & Mme.nouveau-riche couple strive for social eminence. [Fr. Lit.: Proust Remembrance of Things Past]willow herbindicates affectation. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 178]Yvetot, Kingof affects grandeur; kingdom is but a village. [Fr. Legend: Brewer Dictionary, 1173]pretension
Synonyms for pretensionnoun affectationSynonyms- affectation
- hypocrisy
- conceit
- show
- airs
- vanity
- snobbery
- pomposity
- self-importance
- ostentation
- pretentiousness
- snobbishness
- vainglory
- showiness
noun aspirationSynonyms- aspiration
- claim
- demand
- profession
- assumption
- assertion
- pretence
Synonyms for pretensionnoun a professed rather than a real reasonSynonymsnoun a legitimate or supposed right to demand something as one's rightful dueSynonymsnoun boastful self-importance or displaySynonyms- grandioseness
- grandiosity
- ostentation
- pomposity
- pompousness
- pretentiousness
Synonyms for pretensionnoun a false or unsupportable qualitySynonymsRelated Wordsnoun the advancing of a claimRelated Wordsnoun the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)SynonymsRelated Words |