🎭pretension

Meaning

A claim or assertion to something, often without justification; an attempt to impress by showing greater importance or talent than is actually possessed.

Example Sentences

His pretension to be an expert was quickly exposed.

Synonyms

claim, aspiration, affectation, vanity, show

Antonyms

humility, modesty

Collocations

false pretension, intellectual pretension, pretension to power, artistic pretension