Noun
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a false or unsupportable quality
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pretense,
pretence |
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artificiality the quality of being produced by people and not occurring naturally
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the advancing of a claim; "his pretension to the crown"; "the town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort"
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claim demand for something as rightful or due; "they struck in support of their claim for a shorter work day"
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the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)
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pretentiousness,
largeness |
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unpretentiousness the quality of being natural and without pretensions
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unnaturalness the quality of being unnatural or not based on natural principles
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