Definitionn. lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
Last update: July 15, 2015
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Finally, the likeness of an edible species to a warningly coloured inedible one in the same locality is termed " pseudaposematic," in allusion to the pretentiousness or falsity of the warning signal. [Please select]
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A pompous and unintelligent classical pretentiousness dominated them, and they dominated the schools of the middle and upper classes. [Please select]
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They had to appeal for understanding to classes whose education had been free from “classical” pretentiousness. [Please select]
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But even he sometimes winced at the pretentiousness of his mother and his aunts. [Please select]
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But was not my blush far more unworthy than his freedom from all pretentiousness in matters of art. [Please select]
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The offense of pretentiousness is committed oftener perhaps by women than by men, who are usually more natural and direct. [Please select]
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For flagrant examples of pretentiousness (which is the infallible sign of lack of breeding), see page 61. [Please select]
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He saw the years, the brilliant winter days and all the long sweet afternoons which were meant for summery meadows, lost in such brittle pretentiousness. [Please select]
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