pretension, pretense, pretence
(noun) a false or unsupportable quality
pretentiousness, pretension, largeness
(noun) the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)
pretension
(noun) the advancing of a claim; “his pretension to the crown”; “the town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pretension (countable and uncountable, plural pretensions)
A claim or aspiration to a particular status or quality.
Pretentiousness.
pretension (third-person singular simple present pretensions, present participle pretensioning, simple past and past participle pretensioned)
To apply tension to an object before some other event or process.
(construction) To apply tension to reinforcing strands before concrete is poured in.
• interpones, peritenons, presention, tin openers, tin-openers
Source: Wiktionary
Pre*ten"sion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. prétention. See Pretend, Tension.]
1. The act of pretending, or laying claim; the act of asserting right or title. The arrogant pretensions of Glengarry contributed to protract the discussion. Macaulay.
2. A claim made, whether true or false; a right alleged or assumed; a holding out the appearance of possessing a certain character; as, pretensions to scholarship. This was but an invention and pretension given out by the Spaniards. Bacon. Men indulge those opinions and practices that favor their pretensions. L'Estrange.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
30 June 2025
(adjective) affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit; “bodily needs”; “a corporal defect”; “corporeal suffering”; “a somatic symptom or somatic illness”
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