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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Pre·ten·tious a.  Full of pretension; disposed to lay claim to more than is one's; presuming; assuming. -- Pre*ten*tious*ly, adv. -- Pre*ten*tious*ness, n.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 pretentiousness
      n 1: lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and
           puffed up with vanity [syn: ostentation, ostentatiousness,
            pomposity, pompousness, splashiness, inflation]
      2: the quality of being pretentious (creating a false
         appearance of great importance or worth) [syn: pretension]
         [ant: unpretentiousness]