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Meanings of pretension in English

Portuguese
pretensão
Catalan
fingiment
Spanish
apariencia

The quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)

      pretensão

      A false or unsupportable quality.

            Usage of pretension in English
            1
            That's early Settlement Years use, or just hyper-educated, kanji-scribbling, First Families pretension.
            Woken furies
            2
            She is particularly good at nailing the exorbitant pretension of their décor.
            The Guardian
            3
            One recent story nicely summed up his zip and lack of pretension.
            The Irish Times
            4
            He has remained an unrepentant redneck, and Hustler promotes pornography without pretension.
            The new yorker
            5
            Thus was the pretension of State Rights made the apology for imbecility.
            The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 / A Magaz...
            6
            The mark of the man of the world is absence of pretension.
            The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 35, September, 1860 / A Mag...
            7
            There was no pretension or pedantry in a word that was said.
            Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume I
            8
            I have neither the ambition nor the pretension to be one, madame.
            The Wandering Jew — Volume 02
            9
            Where the pretension is higher, the test may justly be more severe.
            The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 58, August, 1862 / A Magazi...
            10
            His family recall a talented man plagued by pretension and self doubt.
            Radio NZ
            11
            Having laid hands upon them, they had the pretension to keep them.
            Other People's Money
            12
            It crackles with wit, warmth and whimsy without a hint of pretension.
            News.com.au
            13
            Now they are a hipster habit, a sheeplike folly, a permanent pretension.
            The Guardian
            14
            Being a place of pretension, we will look closer into its mystery.
            The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish
            15
            Is there any with less pretension, except in the matter of virtue?
            Emile
            16
            By pretension to Second Sight, no profit was ever sought or gained.
            A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland
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            Translations for pretension
            Portuguese
            pretensão
            Pretension through the time
            Pretension across language varieties
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