pretentiousness

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The nuances of race are also present in the show’s cultural specificity, such as the depiction of a Korean American church community or the fine art-world pretentiousness of Amy’s Japanese American husband and family.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 17, 2023

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

Perhaps not surprisingly, narcissistic arrogance can also come out in the ways one usually associated with pomposity — "pretentiousness, preening, snobbery, a sense they are better than others," according to Durvasula.

From Salon • Jan. 26, 2023

There seems to be a really great sense of humor and lack of pretentiousness in Chicago and Illinois.

From Washington Post • May 26, 2022

Time, it may be, has given the stone mellowness; certain it is that Houghton now, in spite of a certain pretentiousness of Ionic columns, is really pleasing.

From Through East Anglia in a Motor Car by Vincent, J. E. (James Edmund)