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pomposity

 
Dictionary: Pom·pos·i·ty

n. pl. Pomposities .

The quality or state of being pompous; pompousness. Thackeray.


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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: The quality of being marked by an assumed stateliness and impressiveness of manner.

pronunciation A harmless hilarity and a buoyant cheerfulness are not infrequent concomitants of genius, and we are never more deceived than when we mistake gravity for greatness, solemnity for science, and pomposity for erudition. — Charles Caleb Colton (1780-1832)

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
  Synonyms: ostentation, ostentatiousness, pompousness, pretentiousness, splashiness, inflation


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - vigtighed, indbildskhed, svulstighed

Nederlands (Dutch)
hoogdravendheid, pompeuze manier

Français (French)
n. - air pompeux, grandiloquence

Deutsch (German)
n. - Aufgeblasenheit

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - στόμφος

Italiano (Italian)
pomposità

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pomposidade (f)

Русский (Russian)
помпезность, самомнение

Español (Spanish)
n. - pomposidad

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - uppblåsthet

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
华丽, 夸耀

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 華麗, 誇耀

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 거만, (말의) 과장됨

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 華やかさ, 尊大, 尊大な言動

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الأبهيه : كون الشيء متسما بالأبهه والعظمه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮התנפחות, יהירות, עתק‬


 
 
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