pretentiousness (n)
pretension#1 (n)
largeness#2 (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 07
def the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)
Outgoing links
Hypernym unnaturalness
Derivationally related form largeness → large
Derivationally related form pretentiousness → pretentious
Antonym pretentiousness → unpretentiousness
Hyponym ostentation
Incoming links
Derivationally related form pretentious → pretentiousness
Derivationally related form large → largeness
Antonym unpretentiousness → pretentiousness
Hyponym unnaturalness
Hypernym ostentation

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