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pomposity noun [ pɒmˈpɒsɪti ]

• the quality of being pompous; self-importance.
• "his reputation for arrogance and pomposity"
Similar: self-importance, imperiousness, pompousness, sententiousness, grandiosity, affectation, stiffness, airs, pretentiousness, pretension, arrogance, vanity, haughtiness, pride, conceit, egotism, superciliousness, condescension, affectedness, snootiness, uppishness, uppitiness, bombast, loftiness, turgidity, grandiloquence, magniloquence, ornateness, portentousness, pedantry, boastfulness, boasting, bragging, sonorousness, windiness, fustian, euphuism, orotundity,
Opposite: modesty, humility,


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