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pretension
Overview of noun pretension
The noun pretension has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) pretension, pretense, pretence -- (a false or unsupportable quality)
2. pretension -- (the advancing of a claim; "his pretension to the crown"; "the town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort")
3. pretentiousness, pretension, largeness -- (the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth))
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pretension
3 senses of pretension
Sense 1
pretension, pretense, pretence
=> artificiality
=> unnaturalness
=> quality
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
pretension
=> claim
=> assertion, averment, asseveration
=> declaration
=> statement
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
pretentiousness, pretension, largeness
=> unnaturalness
=> quality
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun pretension
1 of 3 senses of pretension
Sense 3
pretentiousness, pretension, largeness
=> ostentation
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pretension
3 senses of pretension
Sense 1
pretension, pretense, pretence
=> artificiality
Sense 2
pretension
=> claim
Sense 3
pretentiousness, pretension, largeness
=> unnaturalness
Antonyms of noun pretension
Member Holonyms of noun pretension
Substance Holonyms of noun pretension
Part Holonyms of noun pretension
Member Meronyms of noun pretension
Substance Meronyms of noun pretension
Part Meronyms of noun pretension
Meronyms of noun pretension
Holonyms of noun pretension
Attributes of noun pretension
Derived Forms of noun pretension
1 of 3 senses of pretension
Sense 2
pretension
RELATED TO>(verb) pretend#3
=> pretend
Domain of noun pretension
Domain Terms of noun pretension
Familiarity of noun pretension
pretension used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun pretension
3 senses of pretension
Sense 1
pretension, pretense, pretence
> artificiality
=> staginess, theatricality
=> pretension, pretense, pretence
Sense 2
pretension
> claim
=> cause of action
=> pretension
Sense 3
pretentiousness, pretension, largeness
> unnaturalness
=> affectedness
=> artificiality
=> pretentiousness, pretension, largeness
=> supernaturalism, supernaturalness
Meronyms of noun pretension
3 senses of pretension
Holonyms of noun pretension
Grep of noun pretension
pretension
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