PRETENTIOUSNESS

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)

ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness, inflation

(noun) lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

pretentiousness (countable and uncountable, plural pretentiousnesses)

The quality of being pretentious.

Source: Wiktionary



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TRANSPOSITION

(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards


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