noun [C,usually pl.,U]
1 the act of trying to appear more important, intelligent, etc. than you are in order to impress other people:
artistic / intellectual / social pretensions * The play mocks the pretensions of the new middle class. * He spoke without pretension.
2 ~ (to sth / to doing sth)
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