pretension

Speech parts

1. pretension - Noun

2. pretension - Verb

Meaning

The act of pretending, or laying claim; the act of asserting right or title.

A claim made, whether true or false; a right alleged or assumed; a holding out the appearance of possessing a certain character; as, pretensions to scholarship.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

pretense pretence largeness pretentiousness show air title front claim demand pride assertion ambition pretext pretending
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Antonyms

disorder confusion tenure chaos honesty humility
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Hypernyms

claim artificiality unnaturalness

Hyponyms

ostentation

Phrases with the word

lack of pretension

Anagrams

presention

Examples

Great artists are people who find the way to be themselves in their art. Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in art and life alike. Margot Fonteyn

In economics, hope and faith coexist with great scientific pretension and also a deep desire for respectability. John Kenneth Galbraith

In every commercial state, notwithstanding any pretension to equal rights, the exaltation of a few must depress the many. Adam Ferguson

It was possible at last to hear the silence-to appreciate that there was a silence, deep and potent, out there beyond the pretension of the light. Robert Charles Wilson

Science makes no pretension to eternal truth or absolute truth. Eric Temple Bell

He flattered himself on being a man without any prejudices; and this pretension itself is a very great prejudice. Anatole France

Close letter words and terms

pretensed pretenseful pretenseless pretensional pretensioned pretensioner