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What is the noun for pompousness?

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pompatus
  1. (nonce word) One who is pompous or splendid.
  2. (nonce word) Pomp, ostentatiousness, or spectacle.
  3. Examples:
    1. “She loved the way the lecturer stated it, offhand, but with the air of a pompatus.”
      “It could be a whang-dang-doodle, a cloche hat made out of coyote fur, or a phylactery testifying to the pompatus of love.”
pomp
  1. Show of magnificence; parade; display; power.
  2. A procession distinguished by ostentation and splendor; a pageant.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “The festival runs from early July to late August and is rich in medieval pomp and ceremony as well as classical music and theatre.”
pomposity
  1. The quality of being pompous; self-importance.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Even several people I know who generally share his world view told me they found his strutting pomposity almost unbearable this year.”
      “The professor's constant display of pomposity made it difficult for his students to engage in meaningful discussions.”
      “The politician's speech was filled with pomposity, as he relied on grandiose rhetoric rather than substantive policy proposals to sway the audience.”
pompousness
  1. The quality of being pompous
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Montaigne in his essays pursued an ethical purpose, but with no pompousness or rhetoric.”
      “At the same time he lacked the pompousness and standoffish attitude which is the way of some foreign correspondents.”
      “The five-day-long 2003 ceremony was in fact a festival in which all the pompousness and luxurious attitude of the ashram was reflected.”
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