Synonyms and Antonyms for Pretension
Following is a list of 200 synonym words and phrases that are related to pretension:
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4 Letter Words
pomp
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5 Letter Words
claimpride
6 Letter Words
bathosstatusvanity
7 Letter Words
conceitelitismegotismfatuitybombastbravadocoynesshipnesspufferydignityhauteurextancy
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8 Letter Words
pretencepretenseargumentsnobberyartificeartinesspedantrysnobbismarchnesssmugnesscynicismglibnessfripperydournessambitionopulenceprestigeeminenceposhnessnobilitynoblessestanding
9 Letter Words
assertionpompositypretensespretencestritenessarrogancegimmickryflippancyeruditionvulgarityfalsenessphoninessshowinesspoeticismgaudinessdogmatismstoliditygentilityhypocrisyrestraintposturingprejudicecrassnesstrappingsaloofnesspunctilioduplicitygenialitystaginessobtrusionelitenessnobleness
10 Letter Words
allegationcontentionsubmissionpretentionsnootinessinsipidityprofundityartfulnesssanctimonypreciositymoralizinggarishnessclubbinesssensualismstuffinessaspirationuppitinesssnobbiness
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11 Letter Words
pretentionsaffectationpompousnesspretentioushaughtinessostentationdidacticismirreverenceearnestnessvacuousnessromanticismacademicismfoppishnessworldlinesseclecticismpreachinessartlessnessfatuousnessmawkishnessuptightnessgrandiosityflamboyancefaddishnessoverweeningbraggadocioinsinceritybohemianismpreeminencesuperioritypurse-pride
12 Letter Words
snobbishnessboastfulnessaffectationsspeciousnessdisingenuitydilettantismwhimsicalityeccentricityeffusivenessphilistinismfancifulnessaestheticismpriggishnessextravaganceclownishnesscharlatanismaspiringnessentitlednessprincelinesshigh-endnesssuperiornesspridefulnessself-conceit
13 Letter Words
condescensionartificialityponderousnessobnoxiousnesssumptuousnessmystificationoffhandednessprovincialityhumorlessnessofficiousnessfacetiousnessprovincialismprevaricationingenuousnessprepossessionpretentiositypretendershipambitiousnesspresumingnessconceitedness
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14 Letter Words
superficialitygrandiloquencecondescendencesentimentalityderivativenessinauthenticityportentousnessboisterousnessverisimilitudereferentialitypretensivenesspretendingnesspride of place
15 Letter Words
pretentiousnessconventionalityintellectualismconventionalismsuperfluousnessintellectualityprestigiousnessself-assumptionself-importancebragging rightshoity-toitinessassumptiousness
16 Letter Words
superciliousnessostentatiousnessdisingenuousnesspresumptuousnesspreposterousnessaristocraticness
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17 Letter Words
unpretentiousnesssanctimoniousness
18 Letter Words
overprivilegednessaristocraticalness
19 Letter Words
intellectualisationself-aggrandizement
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