pretentious

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Synonyms: unpretentious, portentious, pretensions, pretention, retentions, preventions

Antonyms: unpretentious, portentious, pretensions, pretention, retentions, preventions

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Adjective

1. [[motivate|Motivate]]d by an [[inappropriate]], [[excessive]], or [[unjustified#Adjective|unjustified]] [[desire#Noun|desire]] to [[impress#Verb|impress]] others.
2. Marked by an [[unwarranted#Adjective|unwarranted]] claim to [[importance]] or [[distinction]].
3. ''(obsolete, perhaps incorrect)'' Marked by [[pretense]] (not necessarily [[false pretense]]); intent upon success; [[ambitious]].

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