A claim or assertion to something, often without justification; an attempt to impress by showing greater importance or talent than is actually possessed.
nanika ni tsuite no shuchou matawa dangen, shibashiba seitouka nashi de; jissai ni motte iru ijou no juuyousei ya sainou o shimesu koto ni yotte inshou o ataeyou to suru kokoromi.
例文
His pretension to be an expert was quickly exposed.
彼の専門家であるというプリテンションはすぐに暴かれた。
kare no senmonka de aru to iu puritenshon wa sugu ni abakareta.
同義語
claim, aspiration, affectation, vanity, show
対義語
humility, modesty
コロケーション
false pretension, intellectual pretension, pretension to power, artistic pretension