pretension
noun
[ prɪˈtɛnʃ(ə)n ]
• a claim or assertion of a claim to something.
• "his pretensions to the imperial inheritance"
• the use of affectation to impress; pretentiousness.
• "he spoke simply, without pretension"
Similar:
pretentiousness,
affectation,
affectedness,
ostentation,
ostentatiousness,
artificiality,
attitudinizing,
airs,
posing,
posturing,
showing off,
hypocrisy,
snobbery,
show,
flashiness,
pomposity,
pompousness,
floweriness,
grandiosity,
grandness,
grandiloquence,
magniloquence,
elaborateness,
extravagance,
heroics,
flamboyance,
ornateness,
bombast,
turgidity,
rhetoric,
pedantry,
la-di-da,
side,
guyver,
fustian,
flatulence,
Origin:
late Middle English: from medieval Latin praetensio(n- ), from praetens- ‘alleged’, from the verb praetendere (see pretend).
pretension
verb
• apply tension to (an object) during manufacture or prior to some other process.
• "the safety system pretensions the seat belts"
