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vain pretensions
vain pretensions
as in
delusions of grandeur
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vain pretensions
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VAIN PRETENSIONS
delusions of grandeur
noun
overestimation of one's own importance
airs
pretensions
swank
vain pretensions
vaporing
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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perdure
verb (used without object)
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