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名詞

pretentiousness (countable and uncountable, plural pretentiousnesses)

1. The quality of being pretentious.

   Synonyms: pretentiosity (uncommon), gentility

   Near-synonyms: affectation, affectedness, false pretense, pretending

   • 2015, Cathy Lubenski, Trashy Chic:

     Possibly her sheer pretentiousness, or that she knew everything about everything, or maybe because she treated her reporters like underoxygenated platypies.

   • 2023 March 24, Laura Reiley, “Could nonalcoholic wine be the toast of the town?”, in The Washington Post‎, archived from the original on 15 May 2023:

     Wines can be described with words like cigar box and “pencil lead,” or flinty or with hints of sandalwood — oenophiles can veer into what many might deem pretentiousness pretty quick.