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nouna false or unsupportable qualitytype of:
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nounthe 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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"his pretension to the crown" "the town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort"nounthe advancing of a claimtype of:
Words sounding like good pretension
attention mention intention tension convention pension detention invention dimension extension intervention suspension comprehension prevention ascension contention apprehension retention hypertension abstention dissension pretension distention misapprehension inattention contravention condescension declension intension incomprehension