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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 a particular way of behaving, especially to impress or to give a false impression

Plural for an increase in quantity, size, or degree

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

Plural for deception, especially when practiced under a false or assumed character

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

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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

vain pretensions

delusions of grandeur

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Noun

Tasks to be performed

responsibilities

accomplishments

courses of action

crosses to bear

manoeuvrings^UK

leaps in the dark

maneuverings^US

job descriptions

moral obligations

moral imperatives

accountableness

balls and chains

experimentation

long rows to hoe

specialities^UK

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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

superiority complexes

self-exaltation

self-assuredness

self-centeredness

self-absorption

sententiousness

meretriciousness

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

rationalization^US

rationalisation^UK

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Noun

Plural for a particular way of behaving, especially to impress or to give a false impression

attitudinizings

false pretenses

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Noun

Plural for an increase in quantity, size, or degree

Noun

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

Noun

Plural for deception, especially when practiced under a false or assumed character

misrepresentation

sanctimoniousness

pharisaicalness

confidence tricks

monkey business

underhandedness

confidence games

pretentiousness

sleight of hand

victimization^US

practical jokes

superciliousness

self-satisfaction

disingenuousness

duplicitousness

ambidextrousness

unscrupulousness

double standards

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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

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