English to English
ostentation
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noun (n)
- lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity(noun.attribute)Synonym:
inflation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness, splashinesssource: wordnet30 - pretentious or showy or vulgar display(noun.attribute)source: wordnet30
- The act of ostentating or of making an ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade; -- usually in a detractive sense.(noun)source: webster1913