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  1. pretensive: Merriam-Webster
  2. pretensive: Collins English Dictionary
  3. pretensive: Wiktionary
  4. pretensive: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (pretensive)

▸ adjective:  (now rare) Pretended; feigned.
▸ adjective:  (chiefly US) Pretentious.

Similar:
pretensed, pretextual, pretextuous, pretensional, prenunciative, prolative, previsive, presential, prepensive, prælusive, more...

Opposite:
humble, unpretentious

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Similar:
pretensed, pretextual, pretextuous, pretensional, prenunciative, prolative, previsive, presential, prepensive, prælusive, more...

Opposite:
humble, unpretentious



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