Pretension

What do we mean by pretension?

A specious allegation; a pretext. noun

A claim to something, such as a skill or profession. noun

The advancing of such a claim. noun

The unwarranted assumption that one is deserving of merit, or behavior indicative of such an assumption; pretentiousness. noun

An instance of pretentiousness. noun

The act of putting forth a claim (specifically, a false one), particularly to merit, dignity, or importance; pretentiousness. noun

Hence, a claim; an alleged or assumed right, not necessarily false. noun

A false representation; a pretext; a sham. noun

An assertion; a proposition. noun

The act of pretending, or laying claim; the act of asserting right or title. noun

A claim made, whether true or false; a right alleged or assumed; a holding out the appearance of possessing a certain character. noun

A claim or aspiration to a particular status or quality. noun

Pretentiousness. noun

The quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth) noun

A false or unsupportable quality noun

The advancing of a claim noun

A claim or aspiration to a particular status or quality.

Pretentiousness.

The ability to pretend to be sensible. Urban Dictionary

The act of selling or introducing oneself in a very (false) advertising manner. From the words "presentation" and "pretense". Urban Dictionary

Fake;false;words spoken or evidence shown thats not true. Urban Dictionary

"pretense" - (v) when you pretend, and make others tense! - (n) a person who displays a false image in order to impress another, especially for personal gain. Urban Dictionary

Like an ostentation of peacocks, a murder of crows, or a parliament of owls, a pretension of hipsters is a simple and elegant term for a grouping of one of the more annoying self-referential and self-satisfied demographics in the history of demographics. Pretensions of hipsters can be found combing through old record stores in search of vinyl, hitting cool overpriced urban thrift stores, hanging for hours at local coffee shops, and, either performing in, or standing in line to listen to, a band of other hipsters with unfortunate facial hair, playing quasi-folky/blue grass inspired, unidentifiable something or other. There will be a banjo player. Although pretensions of hipsters set up residence in cool and edgy neighborhoods such as Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and San Francisco's Mission District, where they can be spotted unabashedly overstating their cultural significance, they will have most likely arrived, trust funds in tow, during the second or third wave of gentrification, well after the hard-core artists have done the difficult work of staking out a claim in a relatively inexpensive if shady neighborhood, with no coffee shops, just delis and bodegas, with burnt coffee to go. Urban Dictionary

In law, it means making untrue statements for the purpose of obtaining money or property. It is a form of theft. But it could also be a false representation of fact or circumstance; misleading; lying. Urban Dictionary

When a Caucasian person rushes to deem as something racist on behalf of an African American, and by doing so actually perpetuates a racial stereotype. For example, a comical T-Shirt on sale by Amazon depicting a Tarot Card called “The Tower” (of Pancakes”) with a description of “Black Women’s T-Shirt,” isn’t great grammar, but when the shirt is black in color, it isn’t implying black women fatty up on pancakes or are Voodoo-practicing fortune tellers. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to pretension:
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Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word pretension:
kind, poetry, always, effort, view, real.

Words that rhyme with pretension:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe pretension:
such, little, least, more, much, slightest, social, architectural, less, false, literary, arrogant, intellectual, greater, mere, absurd, vain, aristocratic, smallest, considerable, ridiculous, artistic, empty, scientific, strange, extravagant, moral, monstrous, proud, very, british, exclusive, papal, extraordinary, unjust, insolent, cultural, immense, highest, modest, vulgar, loftier, lofty, unfounded, equal, bold, romantic, hypocritical, philosophical, preposterous, foolish, ecclesiastical, idle, hollow, bodiless, royal, academic, ostentatious, excessive, mean, pompous, remotest, imperial, slight, singular, just, enormous, unreasonable, impudent.

Words that sound like pretension:
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