pretentiousness in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for pretentiousness in the English»Italian Dictionary

pretentiousness [Brit prɪˈtɛnʃəsnəs, Am prəˈtɛn(t)ʃəsnəs] N

pretentiousness

pretenziosità f

Translations for pretentiousness in the Italian»English Dictionary

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pretenziosità

pretentiousness

pretentiousness in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for pretentiousness in the English»Italian Dictionary

pretentiousness N

pretentiousness

pretenziosità f

pretentiousness in bad taste

pacchianeria f

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English

Humorous, patient, and considerate, he got the best out of his staff, who also enjoyed his explosions of fury at pomposity, pretentiousness and time-serving.

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Street's satirical works assailed snobbery, hypocrisy, vulgarity, and pretentiousness at all levels of society, especially among the aesthetes and the upper class.

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But the proponents of those policies are humans without a justifiable ground for pretentiousness.

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The tree or the brook has no duplicity, no pretentiousness, no show.

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While the wine community is sometimes accused of pretentiousness, she said it was like reading a great work of literature: appreciation takes time, and knowledge.

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Throughout the play, inasi also took advantage of humor to condemn the frequent arrogance and pretentiousness of the self-styled intellectuals.

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While this not a bad thing in itself, it does make such an "expert" liable to pretentiousness.

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The lyrics strain against their biblical poetry at times, but anyone who hopes to take a popsicle into a disco is in no immediate danger of expiring of pretentiousness.

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It's an example of the unearned serious and pretentiousness endemic to the proceedings.

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They're dazzled by the glitz and pretentiousness in a way that those of us who have been around the block aren't.

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