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pretension

/pɹiˈtɛnʃən/ · 10 letters · 8 distinct letters

  1. noun

    a false or unsupportable quality

  2. noun

    the advancing of a claim

    his pretension to the crown

  3. noun

    the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)

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