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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | presumption |
| Synonyms: | airs, arrogance, hauteur, pomposity, pretension, snobbishness, snootiness |
| Main Entry: | pretension |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | airs, snobbishness |
| Synonyms: | affectation, big talk, charade, conceit, disguise, fake*, false front, front, hypocrisy, ostentation, phony, pomposity, pretentiousness, put-on, self-importance, show, showboat, showiness, showoff, snobbery, splash*, vainglory, vanity |
| Antonyms: | honesty, humility |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pride |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arrogance, self-importance |
| Synonyms: | airs, assumption, big-headedness, cockiness, conceit, condescension, contumely, disdain, disdainfulness, egoism, egotism, haughtiness, hauteur, hubris, huff, immodesty, insolence, loftiness, narcissism, overconfidence, patronage, pragmatism, presumption, pretension, pretentiousness, proud flesh, self-exaltation, self-love, smugness, snobbery, superbity, superciliousness, swagger, swelled head, vainglory, vanity |
| Antonyms: | humility, modesty, shyness, timidity |
| Main Entry: | vainglory |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pride |
| Synonyms: | arrogance, big-headedness, boastfulness, bragging, cockiness, conceit, condescension, egoism, egotism, haughtiness, huff, overconfidence, patronage, presumption, pretension, self-importance, smugness, snobbery, strutting, swagger, swelled head, vanity |
| Main Entry: | class consciousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | class distinction |
| Synonyms: | class difference, class hatred, class identity, class politics, class prejudice, class struggle, class war, discrimination, snobbery |
| Main Entry: | priggishness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prudishness |
| Synonyms: | pretentiousness, prudery, puritanism, snobbery |
| Main Entry: | grandioseness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pretentiousness |
| Synonyms: | affectation, big talk, charade, conceit, disguise, fake*, false front, front, grandiosity, hypocrisy, ostentation, phony, pomposity, pompousness, pretension, put-on, self-importance, show, showboat, showiness, showoff, snobbery, splash*, va, vainglory |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | grandiosity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pretentiousness |
| Synonyms: | affectation, big talk, charade, conceit, disguise, fake*, false front, front, grandioseness, hypocrisy, ostentation, phony, pomposity, pompousness, pretension, put-on, self-importance, show, showboat, showiness, showoff, snobbery, splash*, vainglory |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pompousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pretentiousness |
| Synonyms: | affectation, big talk, charade, conceit, disguise, fake*, false front, front, grandioseness, grandiosity, hypocrisy, ostentation, phony*, pomposity, pretension, put-on, self-importance, show, showboat, showiness, showoff, snobbery, splash*, vainglory, vanity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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