noun
Pretension
presumption, conceit, overconfidence; see arrogance.
Grandiloquence
balderdash, pretension, bombast; see nonsense 1.
See pomposity in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
Boastful self-importance or display:
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