- plural of pretension.
pretensions
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For all man’s pretensions, the natural world remains cruel and threatening.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
Academic intentions, or pretensions, are pushed to the fore in “The New Stanford Prison Experiment.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
In Britain, the “angry young men” movement led by John Osborne in the theater was underway, and the social pretensions and expertly crafted witticisms of Coward’s comedies had fallen out of fashion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
And directors Bailey and Barbato seem intent on casting Louisville as a place of poseurs and pretensions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026
“And you call yourself an artist! What pretensions, Madame! The artist must possess the courageous soul that dares and defies.”
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
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