pretentiousness

Noun pretentiousness has 2 senses

• pretentiousness(n = noun.attribute) inflation, ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, puffiness, splashiness - lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity;
is a kind of inelegance
Derived forms adjective pretentious₂, adjective pretentious₃

• pretentiousness(n = noun.attribute) largeness, pretension - the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth);
is a kind of unnaturalness
has particulars: ostentation
Derived form adjective pretentious₁
Antonym: unpretentiousness