Associations to the word «Pretentiousness»
Wiktionary
PRETENTIOUSNESS, noun. The quality of being pretentious.
Dictionary definition
PRETENTIOUSNESS, noun. Lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity.
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).
Wise words
Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could
conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly
sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had
this power.