os·ten·ta·tion /ˌɑstənˈteʃən/
虛飾,虛有其表,賣弄
Os·ten·ta·tion n.
1. The act of ostentating or of making an ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade; -- usually in a detractive sense. “Much ostentation vain of fleshly arm.”
He knew that good and bountiful minds were sometimes inclined to ostentation. --Atterbury.
2. A show or spectacle. [Obs.]
Syn: -- Parade; pageantry; show; pomp; pompousness; vaunting; boasting. See Parade.
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ostentation
n 1: a showy outward display [syn: fanfare]
2: lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and
puffed up with vanity [syn: ostentatiousness, pomposity,
pompousness, pretentiousness, splashiness, inflation]
3: pretentious or showy or vulgar display