pompousness

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Recent Examples of pompousness Any claim for Swift’s genius should reckon with her lapses into imprecision and pompousness. Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pompousness
Noun
  • This arrogance is not just limited to tech titans.
    Christian Josi, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
  • These traits do not always show up as arrogance.
    Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • On the surface, vanity PR may look good.
    Jenna Guarneri, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The report suggests there could also be other operating issues with the vehicle's DC/AC inverter, glove box light, vanity lights, dome lamps, alarm portion of the horn, rear defrost, or the USB charger.
    James Powel, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Early birds have long basked in the glory of health superiority, sometimes even tinged with a hit of moral righteousness.
    Erica Sloan, SELF, 4 Sep. 2025
  • For DeMuth, the goal is not only technical superiority but national strategic advantage.
    Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • There are moments, of course, especially with characters like Ken (Tim Key), a middle manager with an outsized ego who routinely makes a mess of things, but tonally this is a very different show than its predecessor.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Children being raised in different homes can still have positive outcomes if both parents are willing to put their egos aside and do the self-work needed to show up as the healthy adults their kids deserve.
    Essence, Essence, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In a sloppy game, the Eagles will take pride in the turnover differential — the Eagles forced one and did not turn the ball over.
    The Athletic NFL Staff, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
  • They’re all held back by different things – pride, fear, shame – but all of them, in one way or another, are eventually set free by the truth.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Pompousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pompousness. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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