31 entries under pretension topic. ×

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affectation(noun, honest, true, look, conduct)
9
mannerism(noun, show, honest, true, look)
5
insincerity(noun, exaggeration, artifice)
4
air(noun, honest, true, look, conduct)
4
airs(noun, show, exaggeration, arrogance, front)
4
show(exaggeration, arrogance, front, pretentiousness)
3
artificiality(noun, exaggeration, artifice)
3
grandiosity(noun, exaggeration, arrogance, ostentation)
3
pomposity(noun, show, arrogance, front, ostentation)
3
pretentiousness(noun, show, exaggeration, arrogance, front)
3
sham(noun, exaggeration, artifice)
3
vanity(noun, arrogance, ostentation, pretentiousness)
2
arrogance(noun, show, front, pretentiousness)
2
artifice(noun, exaggeration)
2
facade(exaggeration, artifice)
2
false front(expression, show, exaggeration, front)
2
front(show, exaggeration, arrogance, pretentiousness)
2
haughtiness(noun, show, arrogance, front)
1
pompousness(noun, arrogance, pretentiousness, self-importance)
1
snobbishness(noun, arrogance, pretentiousness, superciliousness)
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