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pretension

/prɪ'tɛnʃən/

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noun
a false or unsupportable quality
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pretence pretense

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artificiality
noun
the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)
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largeness pretentiousness

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unnaturalness
noun
the advancing of a claim
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"his pretension to the crown" "the town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort"

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claim

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