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Pretension vs Pretention - What's the difference?

pretension | pretention |

As nouns the difference between pretension and pretention

is that pretension is a claim or aspiration to a particular status or quality while pretention is an archaic spelling of lang=en.

pretension

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A claim or aspiration to a particular status or quality.
  • Pretentiousness.

    • Related terms

    * pretense * pretentious

    Anagrams

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    pretention

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)