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pretentiousness
noun()
the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)
Synonyms: largeness, pretension,
Antonyms: unpretentiousness,
pretentiousness
noun()
lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
Synonyms: inflation, ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, puffiness, splashiness,

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