pretentiousness
English edit
Etymology edit
pretentious + -ness
Noun edit
pretentiousness (countable and uncountable, plural pretentiousnesses)
- The quality of being pretentious.
- Synonym: pretentiosity (uncommon)
- Near-synonyms: affectation, affectedness, false pretense, pretending
- 2015, Cathy Lubenski, Trashy Chic:
- Possibly her sheer pretentiousness, or that she knew everything about everything, or maybe because she treated her reporters like underoxygenated platypies.