Pre·ten·tious a. Full of pretension; disposed to lay claim to more than is one's; presuming; assuming. -- Pre*ten*tious*ly, adv. -- Pre*ten*tious*ness, n.
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pretentiousness
n 1: lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and
puffed up with vanity [syn: ostentation, ostentatiousness,
pomposity, pompousness, splashiness, inflation]
2: the quality of being pretentious (creating a false
appearance of great importance or worth) [syn: pretension]
[ant: unpretentiousness]