pretension
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In some ways the films seem to invite accusations of pretension, of reach exceeding grasp and grandeur stretched into grandiosity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025
In person, Pierce is gently disarming, with none of the intellectual pretension of Niles Crane.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2023
There was a baby-knit culotte and matching polo with Gucci stripe detailing, worn without pretension.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 22, 2023
A male student, Seamus, thinks it — and the general atmosphere of pretension and victimhood in the seminar — so ridiculous he vows to write a retaliatory poem called “Gorgon’s Head.”
From New York Times • May 21, 2023
"Well, except he's a baritone," Jane says, her music pretension apparently extending even to the world of opera.
From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan
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