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noun (n)

• a false or unsupportable quality(noun.attribute)

  Synonym:
  pretence, pretense
  

  source: wordnet30
• the advancing of a claim(noun.communication)

  Example:
  His pretension to the crown.
  The town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort.
  

  source: wordnet30
• the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)(noun.attribute)

  Synonym:
  largeness, pretentiousness
  Antonym:
  unpretentiousness
  

  source: wordnet30
• The act of pretending, or laying claim; the act of asserting right or title.(noun)

  source: webster1913