8
pretension(noun, act, show, display, exhibit)
6
precision(noun, sophistry, display of knowledge)
5
affectation(noun, act, show, display, exhibit)
5
scholarship(noun, knowledge, refinement, education, savvy)
4
bookishness(noun, knowledge, refinement, education, savvy)
4
erudition(noun, knowledge, education, learnedness)
4
euphuism(noun, affectation)
3
display(noun, show, array, demonstration, public)
3
learning(noun, knowledge, refinement, education, savvy)
3
pomposity(noun, display of knowledge)
3
precisianism
3
purism
3
reading(noun, learning)
2
airs
2
culture(knowledge, refinement, education, savvy, learnedness)
2
education(noun, knowledge, learning, learnedness)
2
enlightenment(noun, knowledge, refinement, education, savvy)
2
fanfare(noun, act, show, display, exhibit)
2
intellectuality(knowledge, refinement, education, savvy, learnedness)
2
laboriousness(noun, sophistry, literalism)
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