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Synonyms and Antonyms of pretense
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the quality or state of appearing or trying to appear more important or more valuable than is the case
arrogance, bumptiousness, complacency, conceit, egotism, hauteur, imperiousness, pompousness, presumptuousness, pride, self-aggrandizement, self-assertion, self-assumption, self-conceit, self-consequence, self-glorification, self-importance, self-satisfaction, smugness, vaingloriousness, vainglory, vainness, vanity
disdain, haughtiness, lordliness, snobbery, snobbishness, superciliousness, superiority
confidence, presumption, self-assurance, self-confidence, sureness
aggressiveness, assertiveness, audaciousness, boldness, brassiness, cheekiness, cockiness, forwardness, impudence, insolence, rudeness
flamboyance, flashiness, garishness, gaudiness, glitz, mummery, ostentation, ostentatiousness, show, showiness
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a display of emotion or behavior that is insincere or intended to deceive
3
an entitlement to something
call, claim, dibs, pretension, right
4
an exaggerated sense of oneʼs importance that shows itself in the making of excessive or unjustified claims
arrogance, assumption, bumptiousness, consequence, haughtiness, hauteur, high horse, huffiness, imperiousness, loftiness, lordliness, masterfulness, peremptoriness, pomposity, pompousness, presumptuousness, pretension, pretentiousness, self-consequence, self-importance, superciliousness, superiority, toploftiness
authoritativeness, bossiness, bowwow, brag, dominance, high-handedness
chest-thumping, inflation, self-assertion, side [chiefly British], snobbery, snobbishness, snobbism, snootiness
attitude, cheek, cheekiness, impertinence, impudence, sauciness
boastfulness, bombast, braggadocio, bravado, strut, swagger, triumphalism, vaingloriousness, vainglory
cockiness, complacence, conceit, egoism, egotism, pride, pridefulness, self-assumption, self-centeredness, self-complacency, self-conceit, self-content, self-contentment, self-opinion, self-partiality, self-satisfaction, smugness, swelled head, vanity
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