ostentation
noun
[ ˌɒstɛnˈteɪʃ(ə)n ]
• the pretentious or showy display of wealth and luxury, designed to impress.
• "the office was spacious, but without any trace of ostentation"
Similar:
showiness,
show,
showing off,
ostentatiousness,
pretentiousness,
pretension,
vulgarity,
conspicuousness,
obtrusiveness,
display,
flamboyance,
gaudiness,
garishness,
tinsel,
brashness,
loudness,
extravagance,
ornateness,
theatricality,
kitschness,
affectation,
bad taste,
tastelessness,
self-advertisement,
exhibitionism,
flaunting,
flashiness,
flash,
flashness,
glitz,
glitziness,
ritziness,
swankiness,
swank,
splashiness,
Opposite:
modesty,
unpretentiousness,
Origin:
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin ostentatio(n- ), from the verb ostentare, frequentative of ostendere ‘stretch out to view’.
