Synonym for pretension is "motive"

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Synonym for pretension [noun]

The synonym pretension synonymous definition words:

means "pretext"
motive, allegation, maintenance, ostentation

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pretension [noun]

means "claim"
assertion, demand, declaration, stake, affirmation, interest

Further results for the word "pretension"

boast [noun]

means "character trait"
bravado, brag, bragging, flaunting, swaggering, pretension

boasting [noun]

means "boast"
bravado, brag, bragging, flaunting, swaggering, pretension

bragging [adjective]

means "boasting"
bravado, brag, boast, flaunting, swaggering, pretension

bravado [noun]

means "boasting"
boast, brag, bragging, flaunting, swaggering, pretension

claim [noun]

means "possession"
right, title, pretension, due, privilege, prerogative

grandiloquence [noun]

means "pomposity"
bombast, balderdash, pretension, nonsense, rhetoric

histrionics [noun]

means "overacting"
pretence, put-on, tantrum, pretension

parade [noun]

means "appearance"
display, ostentation, show, ceremony, spectacle, pretension

pedantry [noun]

means "display of knowledge"
pretension, precision, affectation, pomposity, stuffiness

pomposity [noun]

means "grandiloquence"
bombast, balderdash, pretension, nonsense, rhetoric

pretense [noun]

means "disguise"
mask, pretension, semblance, show, veil

tantrum [noun]

means "overacting"
pretence, put-on, histrionics, pretension

vanity [noun]

means "egotism"
conceit, vainglory, pretension, narcissism, self-esteem

veneer [noun]

means "false front"
facade, front, pretension

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