pretentiousness

Noun

Meaning

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

lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity

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I don't think literature will be purged until its philosophic pretentiousness is extruded, and I shant live to see that purge, nor perhaps when it has happened will anything survive. E. M. Forster

Pretentiousness repels but authenticity attracts, and vulnerability is the pathway to intimacy. Rick Warren

A little pretentiousness is not the worst thing ever, and not all people who are pretentious are bad people, but Ted is. Source: Internet

Great food, great wine, but the prices are too high for the area and the pretentiousness is unbearable. Source: Internet

It is a friendly place where you can loosen up your collar; no pretentiousness to be found at all. Source: Internet

Most definitely — I still can’t find a word to rhyme with orange, but I’m positive Ali, with all his prosey pretentiousness, could find about five. Source: Internet

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