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Definition/Meaning

(noun)

a claim, desire, or aspiration to a particular quality or status;

e.g. His literary pretension is only an attempt to impress his well-read relatives.

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Similar Words

Affectation

Aim

Ambition

Arrogance

Aspiration

Aspirational

Assumption

Bravado

Call

Claim

Condescension

Consequence

Design

Dibs

Dream

Goal

Grail

Hauteur

Hubris

Idea

Ideal

Inflation

Intent

Intention

Mark

Meaning

Object

Objective

Objectively

Plan

Point

Pomposity

Pretense

Purpose

Right

Self-assertion

Self-importance

Superiority

Swagger

Target

Thing

Triumphalism

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Opposite Words

Diffidence

Disclaimer

Humility

Meekness

Method

Modesty

Quitclaim

Release

Reserve

Self-doubt

Sincerity

Waiver

Way

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Related Words

Apanage

Appanage

Arrogance

Bighead

Birthright

Bombast

Bowwow

Brag

Braggadocio

Cant

Chest-thumping

Complacence

Complacency

Conceit

Condescension

Confidence

Congratulation

Desire

Destination

Dis

Discourtesy

Disdain

Disrespect

Diss

Dominance

Ego

Egotism

Favor

Flamboyance

Fustian

Gas

Glitz

Grail

Grandiloquence

Hauteur

Hope

Hypocrisy

Impertinence

Impudence

Incivility

Inflation

Insolence

Mind

Mummery

Nirvana

Oratory

Ostentation

Plot

Pomposity

Prerogative

Presumption

Pride

Privilege

Project

Refusal

Rhetoric

Right

Rudeness

Scheme

Scorn

Self-assertion

Self-assurance

Self-conceit

Self-confidence

Self-congratulation

Self-esteem

Self-glorification

Self-importance

Self-love

Self-opinion

Self-satisfaction

Show

Snobbery

Superiority

Terminus

Title

Vainglory

Vanity

Verbiage

Wind

Wish

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