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Meaning of Pretentiousness | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

The quality of being pretentious.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية الادّعاء
Español pretención pretenciosidad
Suomi leukavuus rehvakkuus suurellisuus
한국어 겉멋
Polski pretensjonalność
Русский претенциозность
Svenska anspråksfullhet
Українська претензійність

Examples

“Near-synonyms: affectation, affectedness, false pretense, pretending”
“Possibly her sheer pretentiousness, or that she knew everything about everything, or maybe because she treated her reporters like⟳ underoxygenated platypies.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

pretergeneration pretergite pretergression preterimperfect preterism preterist

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