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os·ten·ta·tion (äs′tən tā′s̸hən)
noun
Etymology: ME ostentacioun < L ostentatio < ostentare < ostendere: see ostensible
Related Forms:
- ostentatious os′·ten·ta′·tious adjective
- ostentatiously os′·ten·ta′·tiously adverb
- ostentatiousness os′·ten·ta′·tious·ness noun
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
ostentation
n.
The quality of being ostentatious
exhibitionism, showiness, pomp, pompousness, pomposity, parading, bravado, vaunting, magnificence, pageant, pageantry, splendor, spectacle, flourish, flamboyance, garishness, array, demonstration, pretending, boasting, bragging, swaggering, vainglory, braggartism; see also pretense 1.Antonyms
reserve*, diffidence*, timidity. * Ostentatious conduct
show, display, brag, boast, vaunt, swagger, flourish, parade, fuss, exhibition, braggadocio, pretension; see also display 2, vanity 1.
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Adjective modifier
- vain: He abhorred a vain ostentation of wit in handling sacred truths, so venerable and grave, and of eternal consequence.
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