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pretension

 
(prĭ-tĕn'shən) pronunciation
n.
  1. A specious allegation; a pretext.
  2. A claim to something, such as a privilege or right. See synonyms at claim.
  3. The advancing of a claim.
  4. Ostentatious display; pretentiousness.

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noun

  1. A professed rather than a real reason: pretense, pretext. See honest/dishonest.
  2. A legitimate or supposed right to demand something as one's rightful due: claim, pretense, title. Slang dibs. See owned/unowned, request.
  3. Boastful self-importance or display: grandioseness, grandiosity, ostentation, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness. See plain/fancy.

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n

Definition: airs, snobbishness
Antonyms: honesty, humility

n

Definition: false claim, assertion of importance
Antonyms: honesty, truth

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IN BRIEF: Airs; Demands or claims to privilege, honor, title or rank.

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Translations:

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - løs påstand, foregivende, krav, prætention

Nederlands (Dutch)
pretentie, aandacht/ eer opeisen, ijdelheid, aanmatiging

Français (French)
n. - prétention, droit, titre

Deutsch (German)
n. - Anspruch, Anmaßung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (αβάσιμη) διεκδίκηση ή αξίωση, απαίτηση, πρόφαση, φιλοδοξία
v. - προεντείνω

Italiano (Italian)
pretesa, presunzione, pretensione, vanità, pretendere

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pretensão (f), pretexto (m), exigência (f)
v. - ter a pretensão de

Русский (Russian)
претензия, требование

Español (Spanish)
n. - pretensión, presunción, pretender

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - anspråk, krav, pretention, anspråksfullhet, påstående

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
自负, 主张, 骄傲

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 自負, 主張, 驕傲

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 요구, 주장, 구실

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 主張, 要求, 自任, 自負, 見せかけ, 気取り

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) إدعاء‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮טענה, יומרנות, יומרה‬


 
 
Related topics:
plain-Jane (Lacking adornment or pretension)
great room
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