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

He’s easy to get along with, easy to understand and, and there’s no pretentiousness with him.

From Washington Post • Jan. 13, 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

Besides its portions, prices and flavors, it’s ironically Ravi’s lack of pretentiousness that gives it cache.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 2, 2022

Its futile pretentiousness is the rasping irritation of every hour.

From The Rough Road by Locke, William John