Meaning of OSTENTATION
| Pronunciation: | | `âsten'teyshun
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- [n] pretentious or showy or vulgar display
- [n] lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
- [n] a showy outward display
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| | Synonyms: | | fanfare, inflation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, splashiness |
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| | See Also: | | bluster, bravado, display, exhibitionism, inelegance, pedantry, pretension, pretentiousness, ritz, splurge | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Os`ten*ta"tion\, n. [L. ostentatio: cf. F.
ostentation.]
1. The act of ostentating or of making an ambitious display;
unnecessary show; pretentious parade; -- usually in a
detractive sense. ``Much ostentation vain of fleshly
arm.'' --Milton.
He knew that good and bountiful minds were sometimes
inclined to ostentation. --Atterbury.
2. A show or spectacle. [Obs.] --Shak.
Syn: Parade; pageantry; show; pomp; pompousness; vaunting;
boasting. See {Parade}.
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