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Definition of Pretentious

Pretentious

  1. Full of pretension; disposed to lay claim to more than is one's; presuming; assuming.

Pretentious Quotations

Our business is infested with idiots who try to impress by using pretentious jargon.
David Ogilvy

I just love real characters, they're not pretentious, and every emotion is on the surface, they're regular working people. Their likes, their dislikes, their loves, their hates, their passions; they're all right there on the surface.
David O. Russell

I never want to be pretentious.
Kesha

I just could not believe that 30 years later we're still looking at people who are supposed to write little 2-minute pop that when they actually try to do something that's a little bit more they regard it as pretentious.
Pete Townshend

What I'm bringing to the pop table is that I'm not pretentious.
Kesha
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Pretentious Translations

pretentious in Dutch is opzichtig, ostentatief
pretentious in French is imaginaire
pretentious in German is anspruchsvollen, anspruchsvoll
pretentious in Italian is immaginario
pretentious in Spanish is engreido

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