pretension
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Pretension gets sticky with a mess of unpleasant traits; narcissism, lying, ostentation, presumption, snobbery, selfish individualism.
From The Guardian • Feb. 9, 2016
Facebook Twitter Pinterest Illustration: Michael Kirkham/Heart Pretension sets the amateur against the professional in a game rigged by tradition, qualifications and institutional approval.
From The Guardian • Feb. 9, 2016
Pretension lies in striving to be who you are not; Deeda, rather, tries to be even more of who she is.
From New York Times • May 31, 2013
Pretension captured the Canonero II Stakes, a minor Preakness prep at Pimlico.
From Seattle Times • May 18, 2012
Pretension and vaporing are once for all distasteful.
From Ralph Waldo Emerson by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
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