The meaning of PRETENSION is an allegation of doubtful value : pretext. How to use pretension in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Pretension.

5 дней назад · a claim or belief that you can succeed or that you are important or have serious value. The Chronicle has pretensions to being a serious newspaper.

Other forms: pretensions. Pretension is what you're guilty of when you boorishly try to impress other people with how important or clever you are.

22 нояб. 2024 г. · If you say that someone has pretensions, you disapprove of them because they claim or pretend that they are more important than they really are.

pretension · ​the act of trying to appear more important, intelligent, etc. than you are in order to impress other people. intellectual pretensions · ​a claim to ...

PRETENSION meaning: 1 : the unpleasant quality of people who think of themselves as more impressive, successful, or important than they really are; ...

25 янв. 2011 г. · pretention (plural pretentions) Archaic spelling of pretension. pretension (plural pretensions) A claim or aspiration to a particular status or quality, ...

a claim made, especially indirectly or by implication, to some quality, merit, or the like: They laughed at my pretensions to superior judgment.

5 дней назад · behaviour in which you try to seem better or more important than you really are: [ usually plural ] He seems to be without pretensions of any sort.