Translations for „pretension“ in the English » Arabic Dictionary

pretension <pretension; pretensions> N

pretension

زَعْم

pretension (relations)

اِدِّعَاء

pretension (relations)

مَطْلَب

pretension (relations)

تَظَاهُر

pretension (relations)

كِبْرِيَاء

pretension (relations)

غُرُور

pretension (relations)

ذَرِيعَة

pretension (relations)

خُيَلاء

pretension (relations)

طُمُوح

pretension (relations)

حُجَّة

pretension INDUST

اِصْطِناع

pretension INDUST

تَكَلُّف

pretension INDUST

تَصَنُّع

pretension (relations)

اِحْتِجَاج

pretension (relations)

تَذَرُّع

pretension

pretension

إيْهام

pretension

غَطْرَسَة

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English

At the same time, he could be wittily ironic about society's pretensions, spoofing subjects like psychiatry, suburbanites and social climbing.

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But it becomes dangerous when it assumes messianic pretensions.

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There being not the slightest pretension to secrecy, no investigation as to the means of this death was necessary.

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In addition, he was easily irritated, especially if his status and pretensions went unacknowledged.

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These stories tend to be more satiric in tone, and she often parodies middle-class pretensions.

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Today it refers to someone who is humble and lacking pretension.

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His early writings have been characterized as having an ironic, knowing distance from their characters and icily precise skewerings of pretension and hypocrisy.

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In terms of its pretensions, the capitalist system has failed.

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The contracts between a nation and individuals are only binding on the conscience of the sovereign, and have no pretensions to a compulsive force.

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He was uneasy about class pretensions and especially the idea of being above the men, yet his soldiers loved him deeply and praised him loudly.

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