pretensions

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a false or unsupportable quality
  2. noun the advancing of a claim
  3. noun the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)

Synonyms

pretension, pretense, pretence

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