pre·ten·sion
pre·ten·sion/prēˈten(t)SH(ə)n/
noun
- a claim or assertion of a claim to something."we cannot tolerate pretension to infallibility"synonyms: aspiration, claim, assertion, pretense, profession, purporting
- the use of affectation to impress; ostentatiousness."he spoke simply, without pretension"synonyms: pretentiousness, affectation, affectedness, ostentation, ostentatiousness, artificiality, attitudinizing, airs, posing, posturing, showing off, hypocrisy, snobbery, show, flashiness, pomposity, pompousness, floweriness, grandiosity, grandness, grandiloquence, magniloquence, elaborateness, extravagance, heroics, flamboyance, ornateness, bombast, turgidity, rhetoric, pedantry, la-di-da, side, guyver, fustian, flatulence
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The meaning of PRETENSION is an allegation of doubtful value : pretext. How to use pretension in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Pretension.
Pretension is what you're guilty of when you boorishly try to impress other people with how important or clever you are.
noun · often plural a false or unsupportable claim, esp to merit, worth, or importance · a specious or unfounded allegation; pretext · the state or quality of ...
PRETENSION definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
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3 senses: 1. a false or unsupportable claim, esp to merit, worth, or importance 2. a specious or unfounded allegation; pretext.
PRETENSION meaning: 1. a claim or belief that you can succeed or that you are important or have serious value: 2. the…. Learn more.
noun · humility · modesty · unpretentiousness · shyness · bashfulness · timidity · diffidence · demureness · self-doubt.
(in prestressed-concrete construction) to apply tension to (reinforcing strands) before the concrete is poured; prestress. : Compare posttension (def. 1).