Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Pretension \Pre*ten"sion\, n. [Cf. F. pr['e]tention. See
{Pretend}, {Tension}.]
1. The act of pretending, or laying claim; the act of
asserting right or title.
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The arrogant pretensions of Glengarry contributed to
protract the discussion. --Macaulay.
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2. A claim made, whether true or false; a right alleged or
assumed; a holding out the appearance of possessing a
certain character; as, pretensions to scholarship.
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This was but an invention and pretension given out
by the Spaniards. --Bacon.
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Men indulge those opinions and practices that favor
their pretensions. --L'Estrange.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pretension
n 1: a false or unsupportable quality [syn: {pretension},
{pretense}, {pretence}]
2: the advancing of a claim; "his pretension to the crown"; "the
town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort"
3: the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in
such a manner as to create a false appearance of great
importance or worth) [syn: {pretentiousness}, {pretension},
{largeness}] [ant: {unpretentiousness}]
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