Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Pretentious \Pre*ten"tious\, a. [Cf. F. pr['e]tentieux. See
{Pretend}.]
Full of pretension; disposed to lay claim to more than is
one's; presuming; assuming. -- {Pre*ten"tious*ly}, adv. --
{Pre*ten"tious*ness}, n.
Source : WordNet®
pretentiousness
n 1: lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and
puffed up with vanity [syn: {ostentation}, {ostentatiousness},
{pomposity}, {pompousness}, {splashiness}, {inflation}]
2: the quality of being pretentious (creating a false
appearance of great importance or worth) [syn: {pretension}]
[ant: {unpretentiousness}]