Meaning of PRETENSION
| Pronunciation: | | pri'tenshun
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- [n] a false or unsupportable quality
- [n] the quality of being pretentious (creating a false appearance of great importance or worth)
- [n] the advancing of a claim; "his pretension to the crown"; "the town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort"
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| | Synonyms: | | pretence, pretense, pretentiousness |
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| | Antonyms: | | unpretentiousness | | |
| | See Also: | | artificiality, claim, ostentation, unnaturalness | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Pre*ten"sion\, n. [Cf. F. pr['e]tention. See
{Pretend}, {Tension}.]
1. The act of pretending, or laying claim; the act of
asserting right or title.
The arrogant pretensions of Glengarry contributed to
protract the discussion. --Macaulay.
2. A claim made, whether true or false; a right alleged or
assumed; a holding out the appearance of possessing a
certain character; as, pretensions to scholarship.
This was but an invention and pretension given out
by the Spaniards. --Bacon.
Men indulge those opinions and practices that favor
their pretensions. --L'Estrange.
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