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48 entries under pretentiousness topic. ×
| pretension(noun, act, show, fake, display) | |
| show(noun, performance, cover, cause, attitude) | |
| affectedness(noun, honest, true, look, conduct) | |
| ostentation(noun, act, show, trick, display) | |
| pretense(noun, performance, cover, show, cause) | |
| hypocrisy(noun, show, display, lie, pretense) | |
| front(noun, performance, act, cover, show) | |
| airs(noun, show, behavior, pride, pretense) | |
| disguise(noun, cover, show, fake, cloak) | |
| pretext(noun, cover, show, cause, reason) | |
| conceit(noun, show, passion, fashion, fantasy) | |
| grandiosity(noun, show, fake, display, exaggeration) | |
| false front(noun, expression, show, fake, display) | |
| pomposity(noun, show, fake, display, flash) | |
| pompousness(noun, show, fake, display, pretense) | |
| posturing(noun, fake, trick, sham, con) | |
| showiness(noun, show, fake, display, pretense) | |
| snobbery(noun, show, fake, pretense, arrogance) | |
| charade(noun, show, fake, trick, sham) | |
| exaggeration(noun, arrogance, pretension, self-importance) |
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