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  1. pretention: Wordnik
  2. pretention: Wiktionary

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  3. Pretention: Legal dictionary

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  1. pretention: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Pretention)

▸ noun:  Archaic spelling of pretension. [A claim or aspiration to a particular status or quality.]

Similar:
pretentiousness, pretension, pretense, pomposity, snootiness, snobbishness, snobbery, pompousness, pretence, artiness, more...

Opposite:
sincerity, authenticity, genuineness

Adjectives:
unassuming, such, little, slightest, mere, much, false, great, social, architectural, intellectual



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Similar:
pretentiousness, pretension, pretense, pomposity, snootiness, snobbishness, snobbery, pompousness, pretence, artiness, more...

Opposite:
sincerity, authenticity, genuineness

Adjectives:
unassuming, such, little, slightest, mere, much, false, great, social, architectural, intellectual



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