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pretension
noun
a false or unsupportable quality
Quick reference
Word Facts
- Word length
- 10
- Starts with
- P
- Ends with
- N
- Contains
- RETENSIO
- Scrabble score
- 12
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
Meaning
Definitions
noun
a false or unsupportable quality
noun
the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)
noun
the advancing of a claim
“his pretension to the crown”
In context
Example Sentences
his pretension to the crown
the town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort
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