What is the meaning of pretension?

noun

  • A false or unsupportable quality.
  • The advancing of a claim.
    • usage: "his pretension to the crown"; "the town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort"
  • The quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth. ).
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