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   pretension

   /prɪˈtɛnʃn/

   noun

   • 1. a claim or assertion of a claim to something: "his pretensions to the imperial inheritance" Similar aspirationclaimassertionpretenceprofessionpurporting
   • ▪ a claim or aspiration to a particular quality: "another ageing rocker with literary pretensions"
   • 2. the use of affectation to impress; pretentiousness: "he spoke simply, without pretension" Similar pretentiousnessaffectationaffectednessostentationostentatiousnessartificialityattitudinizingairsposingposturingshowing offhypocrisysnobberyshowflashinesspompositypompousnessflowerinessgrandiositygrandnessgrandiloquencemagniloquenceelaboratenessextravaganceheroicsflamboyanceornatenessbombastturgidityrhetoricpedantryinformal:la-di-dasideguyverrare:fustianflatulence

   Word Origin late Middle English: from medieval Latin praetensio(n-), from praetens- ‘alleged’, from the verb praetendere (see pretend).

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