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Meanings of pretension in inglés
The quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)
Usage of pretension in inglés
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That's early Settlement Years use, or just hyper-educated, kanji-scribbling, First Families pretension.
2
She is particularly good at nailing the exorbitant pretension of their décor.
3
One recent story nicely summed up his zip and lack of pretension.
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He has remained an unrepentant redneck, and Hustler promotes pornography without pretension.
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Thus was the pretension of State Rights made the apology for imbecility.
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The mark of the man of the world is absence of pretension.
7
There was no pretension or pedantry in a word that was said.
8
I have neither the ambition nor the pretension to be one, madame.
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Where the pretension is higher, the test may justly be more severe.
10
His family recall a talented man plagued by pretension and self doubt.
11
Having laid hands upon them, they had the pretension to keep them.
12
It crackles with wit, warmth and whimsy without a hint of pretension.
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Now they are a hipster habit, a sheeplike folly, a permanent pretension.
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Being a place of pretension, we will look closer into its mystery.
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Is there any with less pretension, except in the matter of virtue?
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By pretension to Second Sight, no profit was ever sought or gained.
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