pretension English

Meaning pretension meaning

What does pretension mean?

pretension

— noun a false or unsupportable quality

— noun the advancing of a claim his pretension to the crown the town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort

— noun (= pretentiousness) the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)

Synonyms pretension synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as pretension?

pretension English » English

claim

demand

aspiration

affectation

pretence

assumption

assertion

ambition

pretentiousness

pretense

pomposity

ostentation

largeness

hypocrisy

dissimulation

contention

conceited

arrogance

view

vaunt

treachery

supposition

striving

standing on one’s dignity

stand

snootiness

snobbery

simulation

sham

self-appointment

rhodomontade

responsible

requirements

requirement

request

quackery

purpose

proud of

proposition

pretext

pretensioning

presumption

prestretching

prestressing

preloading

preliminary elongation

pre-drawing

pre-draft

position

plaint

Topics pretension topics

What do people use pretension to talk about?

Social behavior Behavior Admire someone

Proud

• What words refer to the quality of being proud?
  pride sense of achievement aloofness arrogance audacity conceit egotism flashiness haughtiness hauteur loftiness ostentation pretension self-importance self-respect self-will showiness snobbery snobbishness vanity

Examples pretension examples

How do I use pretension in a sentence?

Movie subtitles

Noble art of pretension, personally I detest action.

No, no. It's called that because Time Lords have an infinite capacity for pretension.

Antonioni hides his mediocrity behind a veil of pretension.

You're dear and honest and open, without a trace of pretension.

I mean, what pretension!

Isn't that the height of pretension?

Pretension.

Singer, my shadow figure, there's no end to his verbal pretension.

Please forgive my pretension as I try to educate you in Psychlo the noble language of our superiors.

It means we're supposed to stand at pretension.

I despise this pretension.

It's pure pretension.

Okay, who thinks the food is delicious and a little pretension never hurt anyone?

All this pretension makes me sick.

I think we ought to strip away the sham and pretension from advertising.

It's not an insult! It's the truth! Our lives are pretension and social aspiration.

It's all pride and pretension!

I smell patchouli and pretension.

Lack of pretension?

We must bring a torrential rain that washes away the arrogance, the pretension, the profiteering, the indolence, and the indifference of those who have oppressed us for so many years.

Twenty-five years ago. Youthful pretension.

What pretension!

Why all this pretension?

In this particular case, their talents were tragically misapplied to an atonal nightmare of pretension.

Ah, Mr. Pibb. the cornerstone of our love. delicious, refreshing, and totally lacking in pretension.

What brings you to this mecca of polygamist pretension?

News and current affairs

Europe, with its almost post-historical mentality, has long abandoned the pretension of being a military power.