Associations to the word «Pretension»
Noun
- Elegance
- Arrogance
- Vanity
- Presumption
- Pretender
- Absurdity
- Humility
- Sanctity
- Sovereign
- Ridicule
- Sneer
- Satire
- Hypocrisy
- Favour
- Pretence
- Princes
- Anjou
- Mockery
- Possessor
- Ambition
- Claimant
- Intrigue
- Rajah
- Papacy
- Nobility
- Bourgeois
- Duc
- Modesty
- Contempt
- Magnificence
- Sovereignty
- Pretense
- Jealousy
- Dignity
- Assertion
- Extravagance
- Scorn
- Clergy
- Ignorant
- Pseudo
- Superiority
- Throne
- Pomp
- Boast
- Tranquillity
- Merit
- Claim
- Ignorance
- Renown
- Originality
- Dominion
- Aristocrat
- Intellect
- Zeal
Adjective
Wiktionary
PRETENSION, noun. A claim or aspiration to a particular status or quality.
PRETENSION, noun. Pretentiousness.
PRETENSION, verb. To apply tension to an object before some other event or process.
PRETENSION, verb. (Construction) To apply tension to reinforcing strands before concrete is poured in.
Dictionary definition
PRETENSION, noun. A false or unsupportable quality.
PRETENSION, noun. The advancing of a claim; "his pretension to the crown"; "the town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort".
PRETENSION, noun. The quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth).
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.