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pretension
 
Noun pretension has 3 senses
  1. pretension, pretense, pretence - a false or unsupportable quality
    --1 is a kind of artificiality
  2. pretension - the advancing of a claim; "his pretension to the crown"; "the town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort"
    --2 is a kind of     claim
    Derived form: verb pretend3
  3. pretentiousness, pretension - the quality of being pretentious (creating a false appearance of great importance or worth)
    --3 is a kind of unnaturalness
    --3 has particulars: ostentation
pretending pretends pretenious pretenlious pretenscious pretense, pretense pretenses pretension pretensioners pretensious pretensiousness pretent plays pretentatious pretention pretentions pretentious

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