The act of pretending, or laying claim; the act of asserting right or title.
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.
Great artists are people who find the way to be themselves in their art. Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in art and life alike. Margot Fonteyn
In economics, hope and faith coexist with great scientific pretension and also a deep desire for respectability. John Kenneth Galbraith
The middle class is so funny, it's the class I know best, and it's the class where you find the most pretension, so that's what makes the middle classes so funny. J. K. Rowling
What makes me mad is arrogance, pretension, putting on airs. David Duchovny
I have to say that my husband and my children are so tough, there really is no space for pretension. Miuccia Prada
