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Manners put on to impress people

Tasks to be performed

Plural for the quality of being pretentious

Plural for a claim or assertion of a claim to something

Plural for an aim or end result that one hopes to achieve

Plural for false claim, assertion of importance

Plural for increase, swelling

Plural for a statement that represents something as better or worse than it really is

Plural for a pretense or stratagem

Plural for a legitimate justification or reason for

Plural for an assertion that something is true

Plural for excessive concern with minor details and rules

Plural for a habitual gesture or way of speaking or behaving

Plural for the position of being the champion of a major sports competition

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Noun

Manners put on to impress people

superciliousness

pretentiousness

false pretenses

airs and graces

assumed manners

going Hollywood

unnatural imitation

putting on airs

attitudinizings

vain pretensions

delusions of grandeur

window dressing

outward appearance

false appearance

window-dressing

misrepresentation

outward display

putting on an act

lack of veracity

facial expression

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Noun

Tasks to be performed

responsibilities

accomplishments

crosses to bear

manoeuvrings^UK

leaps in the dark

maneuverings^US

moral obligations

moral imperatives

accountableness

experimentation

balls and chains

courses of action

specialities^UK

power of attorney

authorization^US

hard rows to hoe

long rows to hoe

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Noun

Plural for the quality of being pretentious

pretentiousness

attitudinizings

ostentatiousness

self-importance

presumptuousness

superciliousness

contemptuousness

high-handedness

overbearingness

vaingloriousness

self-satisfaction

swellheadedness

self-congratulation

self-admiration

tastelessnesses

overweeningness

conspicuousness

theatricalities

grandstand plays

self-exaltation

self-assuredness

self-centeredness

meretriciousness

self-absorption

sententiousness

disingenuousness

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“We liked him for his honesty and lack of pretension.”

Noun

Plural for a claim or assertion of a claim to something

“Budgets were cut right back and all pretension to filmmaking disappeared.”

Noun

Plural for an aim or end result that one hopes to achieve

whys and wherefores

special interests

vested interests

ulterior motives

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Noun

Plural for false claim, assertion of importance

Noun

Plural for increase, swelling

Noun

Plural for a statement that represents something as better or worse than it really is

overdramatization

overestimations

pretentiousness

aggrandisements^UK

aggrandizements^US

dramatisations^UK

dramatization^US

flights of fancy

misrepresentation

figures of speech

excessivenesses

yellow journalism

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Noun

Plural for a pretense or stratagem

misrepresentation

confidence tricks

practical jokes

sleight of hand

confidence games

accomplishments

victimization^US

sanctimoniousness

prestidigitations

monkey business

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Noun

Plural for a legitimate justification or reason for

cartes blanches

authorization^US

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Noun

Plural for an assertion that something is true

Noun

Plural for excessive concern with minor details and rules

Noun

Plural for a habitual gesture or way of speaking or behaving

Noun

Plural for the position of being the champion of a major sports competition

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