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A (typically false) show or display

Tasks to be performed

Plural for the quality of being flamboyant or ostentatious

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 an increase in quantity, size, or degree

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

Plural for pretentious behavior, typically involving vain boasting

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

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Noun

A (typically false) show or display

pretentiousness

superciliousness

airs and graces

assumed manners

going Hollywood

putting on airs

unnatural imitation

self-importance

presumptuousness

contemptuousness

high-handedness

overbearingness

swellheadedness

self-admiration

vaingloriousness

self-satisfaction

self-congratulation

self-centeredness

self-absorption

attitudinizings

superiority complexes

false pretenses

ostentatiousness

overweeningness

self-preoccupation

self-assuredness

self-exaltation

sententiousness

self-confidence

self-possession

narcissistic personality disorder

disingenuousness

vain pretensions

delusions of grandeur

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“Ambrosius spoke to Praxiteles without a trace of pretension or arrogance.”

Noun

Tasks to be performed

responsibilities

accomplishments

courses of action

crosses to bear

moral imperatives

manoeuvrings^UK

leaps in the dark

maneuverings^US

job descriptions

moral obligations

entrepreneurship

accountableness

experimentation

long rows to hoe

specialities^UK

balls and chains

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Noun

Plural for the quality of being flamboyant or ostentatious

ostentatiousness

pretentiousness

tastelessnesses

theatricalities

conspicuousness

meretriciousness

grandstand plays

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“The lack of pretension in the decor was surprising. She didn't know what she had expected, but the offices of upper management she had seen usually looked more like small museums, lined with trophies, plaques, and photographs.”

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

desired outcomes

special interests

vested interests

ulterior motives

desired effects

mental reservations

rationalization^US

rationalisation^UK

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“This deprives the model of any serious pretension of being a scientific explanation of the dynamics of international affairs.”

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 pretentious behavior, typically involving vain boasting

Noun

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

misrepresentation

false pretenses

sanctimoniousness

pharisaicalness

confidence tricks

monkey business

confidence games

pretentiousness

sleight of hand

superciliousness

self-satisfaction

disingenuousness

duplicitousness

underhandedness

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

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