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pretension

[pri-ten-shuhn] / prɪˈtɛn ʃən /




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And directors Bailey and Barbato seem intent on casting Louisville as a place of poseurs and pretensions.

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In short, it was perfect for an adolescent boy of burgeoning but unformed pretensions.

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The gap between European pretensions and European reality has become a chasm.

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In some ways the films seem to invite accusations of pretension, of reach exceeding grasp and grandeur stretched into grandiosity.

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The movie became a reference by which the absurdities of real-life rock ’n’ roll pretension would forever be measured.

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