🎭pretension (プリテンション)

noun
/prɪˈtɛnʃən/
虚偽、見せかけ (kyogi, misekake)

意味

A claim or assertion to something, often without justification; an attempt to impress by showing greater importance or talent than is actually possessed.
意味の翻訳
何かについての主張または断言、しばしば正当化なしで; 実際に持っている以上の重要性や才能を示すことによって印象を与えようとする試み。
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

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