Translations for „pompousness“ in the English » German Dictionary

pomp·ous·ness [ˈpɒmpəsnəs, Am ˈpɑ:m-] N no pl

pompousness

Selbstgefälligkeit f

pompousness

Aufgeblasenheit f pej

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He threads the path of exploitation and violence, idleness and pompousness.

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With their monster trucks and unearned pompousness, no hometown boy stood a chance of enticing us.

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He hated publishers, puritanism and pompousness.

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The pompousness, the arrogance, it was just so shocking to me....

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Their role was to laugh at absurdities and pompousness of both sides of the system and provoke independent thinking.

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But his pompousness and stubbornness and certainty that "father knows best," despite all evidence to the contrary, dooms him to making the same types of mistakes over and over.

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The people who are scooping up the albums and concert tickets, conversely, are down-to-earth, honest types who would never get caught up in such self-satisfied pompousness.

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Yes, there is a pompousness.

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