pretentiousness
noun[U]
disapprovinguk/prɪˈten.ʃəs.nəs/us/prɪˈten.ʃəs.nəs/(alsopretension)thequalityoftryingto make yourselfappearorsoundmoreimportantorcleverthan you are:
自命不凡，矫饰，炫耀I couldn'tbelievethe pretentiousness of thebook.我简直不敢相信这本书是如此装腔作势。
Her writingtendstowardsabstractionand pretentiousness.她的写作风格偏抽象化，也颇多矫饰。
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pretentious
- Ithoughtit adelightfulnovelthatcontainsno pretentiousness.
- There was akindof pretentiousness to thecriticsreviewsof theplay.
- The pretentiousness andpricesat the newcoffeeshopare arealletdown.
Affected & insincere
- affectation
- affected
- affectedly
- archly
- artificial
- feyness
- forced
- fustian
- glib
- glibly
- posey
- preciously
- preciousness
- precocious
- precociousness
- theatrically
- tokenism
- tokenistic
- two-faced
- ultra-slick