pretentiousness

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Some of X’s pretentiousness — she is given to statements like “To be rebellious and to distrust rebellion is the plight of the tragic artist” — bleeds over into the book itself.

From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2023

In her landmark essay "Notes on 'Camp,'" Susan Sontag defines the aesthetic as such: "artifice, frivolity, naïve middle-class pretentiousness and shocking excess."

From Salon • Nov. 21, 2022

Lola’s ironic, artsy pretentiousness rubs up against Iván’s super serious reverence for his craft and code of ethics, which then clashes with Félix’s diva behavior and demands.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 30, 2022

Grandmaster Restaurant is a beautiful location in Hollywood without the pretentiousness.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2022

There was a certain pretentiousness about his people which caused them to escape complete vulgarity only by a hair's-breadth.

From The Hero by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)