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
Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at
least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are
nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to
build something with them; they do not win their true
meaning until one knows how to apply them.