pretentiousness in the PONS Dictionary

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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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He also observed in her a growing pretentiousness.
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They've evidently taken their time, but unleash their true masterpiece when their nearest rivals clog their own arteries with pomp and frigid pretentiousness.
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They didn't like the pretentiousness of high end experiences and paying $80 for a pedicure that was the same quality as a $30 pedicure.
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Suffice it to say (for your eye alone) that more insolence, superciliousness, ignorance, and pretentiousness were never combined in one man.
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But the proponents of those policies are humans without a justifiable ground for pretentiousness.
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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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His pretentiousness tends to inhibit his relationships with the others, despite his good intentions.
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The planned increased levels of drama are balanced with humor to avoid pretentiousness.
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She took on especially difficult patients and wrote in language devoid of jargon, dogma, or pretentiousness about her cases.
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