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pomposity

noun as in pretension

noun as in grandiloquence

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The idea that jazz has become a catchword for pomposity is painful for those of us who care deeply about this music.

This will be salutary, and will deflate some of the pomposity-born-of-precociousness that bedevils Obama.

The inn-keeper at Valence amused us much by his empty pomposity.

He has lifted the only shield I cannot break, the shield of an impenetrable pomposity.

Horned heads, short-arched necks, and held-in chins abundantly told of pride and pomposity.

I would have expected perhaps a certain solemnity or even pomposity in the style of it; he had never a strong sense of humour.

In their lofty eminence of pomposity they are challenged only by Anglican bishops and grand opera tenors.

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On this page you'll find 45 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to pomposity, such as: airs, arrogance, conceit, ostentation, overconfidence, and presumption.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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