pretentiousness

Variant of pretentious

pretentious definition

pre·ten·tious (prē ten′s̸həs, pri-)

adjective

  1. making claims, explicit or implicit, to some distinction, importance, dignity, or excellence
  2. affectedly grand; ostentatious

Etymology: Fr prétentieux < prétention, pretension + -eux, -ous

Related Forms:

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.