Words and phrases that have a meaning related to pretension: (124 results)
Antonyms:
unpretentiousness
Often used in the same context:
pretentiousness, pomposity, snobbery, affectation, smugness, snootiness, artifice, pompousness, didacticism, haughtiness, knowingness, dilettantism, grandiloquence, elitism, bombast, superficiality, condescension, snobbishness, snobbism, intellectualism, profundity, conventionality, facetiousness, silliness, fustiness, suavity, earnestness, sentimentalism, sentimentality, banality, cynicism, eccentricity, whimsy, theatricality, glibness, subtlety, showiness, archness, wryness, frivolity, worldliness, insouciance, sanctimony, artificiality, dullness, staginess, stuffiness, boastfulness, kitsch, misanthropy, middlebrow, blandness, provincialism, ostentation, pedantry, erudition, trashiness, conceit, hipness, politesse, philistinism, pretense, cheesiness, stodginess, panache, obliqueness, solipsism, corniness, insipidity, sublimity, irreverence, hauteur, decadence, verisimilitude, egotism, vapidity, subversiveness, schmaltz, triteness, cleverness, ponderousness, mawkishness, puerility, clownishness, idiosyncrasy, sumptuousness, tunefulness, daftness, rusticity, prettiness, slickness, urbanity, quirkiness, bawdiness, sappiness, gentility, formalism, sensibility, poshness, flashiness, attitudinizing, preciousness, pretensions, pretentions, prestige, favour, pretence, favor, genius, boast, merit, pretenses, scruple, scruples, ambition, pride, vanity, absurdity
Appears in the definition of:
modest, restrained, unostentatious, unpretentious
More general:
Also try:unnaturalness
— Adjectives for pretension: such, little, least, more, much, slightest, social, architectural, less, false, literary, more...
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