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pretentious | bumbledom |

As an adjective pretentious

is marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction.

As a noun bumbledom is

bureaucracy; mannerisms characteristic of pompous, arrogant or pretentious.

pretentious

English

Alternative forms

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Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction.
    • Their song titles are pretentious in the context of their basic lyrics.
  • Ostentatious; intended to impress others.
    • Her dress was obviously more pretentious than comfortable.

    Synonyms

    * poseur * See also

    Antonyms

    * unpretentious

    Derived terms

    * pretentiously * pretentiousness

    Related terms

    * pretend * pretender * pretense * pretension

    References

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    bumbledom

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • bureaucracy; mannerisms characteristic of pompous, arrogant or pretentious .
  • :* {{quote-book, year=1942
    • , year_published=2003 , edition=Digitized , editor= , author=G.M. Trevelyan , title=Illustrated English Social History , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher=Longman's Green and Co. , isbn= , page= , passage=With the meekness went a strain of mild obstinacy exquisitely calculated to infuriate the self-important bumbledom of that time, as when the Friends refused to remove their hats before the Court that was to try them. }}