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Синонимический ряд:1. claim (noun) claim; pretension; title2. deception (noun) deception; lie; subterfuge3. disguise (noun) charade; cloak; cover; cover-up; deceit; disguise; dissembling; pageant; sham4. dishonesty (noun) dishonesty; evasion; fabrication; falsification; feigning; make-believe; simulation5. excuse (noun) excuse; rationale; reason6. mask (noun) affectation; color; coloring; disguisement; facade; face; false front; front; guise; mask; masquerade; muffler; pretext; put-on; semblance; show; veil; veneer; window dressing7. ostentation (noun) ostentation; pomposity; pretentiousnessАнтонимический ряд:fact; reality; simplicity; sincerity; truth -
82 showiness
n эффектность, броскость, внешний блескСинонимический ряд:1. brilliance (noun) brilliance; finery; flash; flashiness; gaiety; gaudiness; glitter2. ostentatiousness (noun) ostentatiousness; pretentiousness; splashiness -
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84 vainglory
1. n тщеславие; самовлюблённость2. n хвастовство, похвальба3. n тщетаСинонимический ряд:1. arrogance (noun) arrogance; boastfulness; ostentation; over-confidence; pomp; pomposity; pretentiousness; self-centredness; self-importance; show2. conceit (noun) amour propre; complacence; complacency; conceit; conceitedness; consequence; outrecuidance; self-admiration; self-complacency; self-conceit; self-consequence; self-esteem; self-exaltation; self-glory; self-love; self-opinion; self-pride; swelled head; swellheadedness; vainness3. pride (noun) amour-propre; ego; egoism; egotism; narcissism; pride; vanityАнтонимический ряд:humility; modesty -
85 pretension
pretension [prɪ'tenʃən]∎ to have pretensions to sth avoir des prétentions ou prétendre à qch;∎ a film with intellectual pretensions un film qui a des prétentions intellectuelles;∎ to have social pretensions vouloir arriver;∎ I make no pretensions to expert knowledge je n'ai pas la prétention ou je ne me flatte pas d'être expert en la matière;∎ he has literary pretensions il se prend pour un écrivain(b) (UNCOUNT) (pretentiousness) prétention f;∎ he is devoid of pretension il est sans prétention
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pretentiousness — index bombast, pretense (ostentation), rhetoric (insincere language) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
pretentiousness — pretentious ► ADJECTIVE ▪ attempting to impress by affecting greater importance or merit than is actually possessed. DERIVATIVES pretentiously adverb pretentiousness noun … English terms dictionary
Pretentiousness — Pretentious Pre*ten tious, a. [Cf. F. pr[ e]tentieux. See {Pretend}.] Full of pretension; disposed to lay claim to more than is one s; presuming; assuming. {Pre*ten tious*ly}, adv. {Pre*ten tious*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pretentiousness — noun see pretentious … New Collegiate Dictionary
pretentiousness — See pretentiously. * * * … Universalium
pretentiousness — noun The quality of being pretentious … Wiktionary
pretentiousness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Boastful self importance or display: grandioseness, grandiosity, ostentation, pomposity, pompousness, pretension. See PLAIN … English dictionary for students
pretentiousness — pre ten·tious·ness || prɪ tenʃəsnɪs n. ostentatiousness, showiness, pompousness; arrogance, haughtiness … English contemporary dictionary
pretentiousness — n. Assumption, conceit, false assumption, over assertion … New dictionary of synonyms
pretentiousness — pre·ten·tious·ness … English syllables
pretentiousness — noun 1. lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity • Syn: ↑ostentation, ↑ostentatiousness, ↑pomposity, ↑pompousness, ↑puffiness, ↑splashiness, ↑inflation … Useful english dictionary