Associations to the word «Pretension»
Noun
- Elegance
- Arrogance
- Vanity
- Presumption
- Pretender
- Absurdity
- Humility
- Sanctity
- Sovereign
- Ridicule
- Sneer
- Satire
- Hypocrisy
- Favour
- Pretence
- Princes
- Anjou
- Mockery
- Possessor
- Ambition
- Claimant
- Intrigue
- Rajah
- Papacy
- Nobility
- Bourgeois
- Duc
- Modesty
- Contempt
- Magnificence
- Sovereignty
- Pretense
- Jealousy
- Dignity
- Assertion
- Extravagance
- Scorn
- Clergy
- Ignorant
- Pseudo
- Superiority
- Throne
- Pomp
- Boast
- Tranquillity
- Merit
- Claim
- Ignorance
- Renown
- Originality
- Dominion
- Aristocrat
- Intellect
- Zeal
Adjective
Wiktionary
PRETENSION, noun. A claim or aspiration to a particular status or quality.
PRETENSION, noun. Pretentiousness.
PRETENSION, verb. To apply tension to an object before some other event or process.
PRETENSION, verb. (Construction) To apply tension to reinforcing strands before concrete is poured in.
Dictionary definition
PRETENSION, noun. A false or unsupportable quality.
PRETENSION, noun. The advancing of a claim; "his pretension to the crown"; "the town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort".
PRETENSION, noun. The quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth).
Wise words
Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing
in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in
the hands of one who knows how to combine them.