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pretensiveness

pretensiveness noun: the quality of being pretensive.

Noun

pretensiveness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being pretensive.

Origin of pretensiveness

From pretensive + -ness.

Questions about pretensiveness

What does pretensiveness mean?
Pretensiveness means the quality of being pretensive.
What part of speech is pretensiveness?
Pretensiveness is a noun.

Words near pretensiveness in the dictionary

  1. pretensioning
  2. pretensionless
  3. pretensions
  4. pretensive
  5. pretensively
  6. pretensiveness
  7. pretentative
  8. pretention
  9. pretentions
  10. pretentiosity
  11. pretentious

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