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pretension
noun
A false or unsupportable quality
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noun
A false or unsupportable quality
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The quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)
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The advancing of a claim
“His pretension to the crown”
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His pretension to the crown
The town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort
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