Another word for pretentiousness | Synonyms for pretentiousness

Another word for pretentiousness

noun

Boastful self-importance or display:

grandioseness, grandiosity, ostentation, pomposity, pompousness, pretension. See plain

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Finally, the likeness of an edible species to a warningly coloured inedible one in the same locality is termed " pseudaposematic," in allusion to the pretentiousness or falsity of the warning signal.

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