pretentious
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definition
adjective
a pretentious literary device
attempting to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, culture, etc., than is actually possessed.
example
To say that the music is overblown and 'pretentious' is rather an understatement.
It's pleasingly literary without being 'pretentious' ; plot is in no way sacrificed to prose.
Of course a lot of what he said was 'pretentious' rubbish but that is normal for art critics.
It's loved by a small band of 'pretentious' types who dress in black.
The film itself sounds like a 'pretentious' waste of time, although it could be rather pretty.
One of the things I dislike is 'pretentious' people who chat a lot of hot air.
If it looks or sounds 'pretentious' , then that is what it will be accused of.
Towards the other wives and their children she was always extremely imperious, haughty and 'pretentious' .
This has been dismissed by most film writers as an inaccurate, 'pretentious' bore.
The council fools no one with its 'pretentious' claims for being ‘of world stature’.
What critic, or prince, could resist something so impressive and so 'pretentious' ?
Sadly, it comes across more as a 'pretentious' attempt to buy the world a coke.
I was going to make a Cold War analogy here, but, let's face it, that would be ridiculously 'pretentious' .
Some thought her 'pretentious' , of which there are many greater crimes.
Apparently, the language used by wine writers is too flowery and 'pretentious' .
He also had a convoluted and elaborate manner of speech that many thought 'pretentious' .
If we were too serious it might have come off as 'pretentious' , heavy handed or silly.
What you want to do if you actually fancy being a 'pretentious' intellectual is read the book.
Is it just 'pretentious' rhetoric that I am using to avoid facing myself?
Enough of this pseudo-intellectual posturing, these 'pretentious' literary musings!
But at the same time this 'pretentiousness' puts me off.
Mr. Speaker, it is my belief that if the Good Lord did not want us to behave 'pretentiously' , She would not have made me so pretentious.
I, for one, am glad that a network 'pretentiously' titled The Learning Channel is not nearly as highbrow as its name might indicate.
This movie, on the other hand, looks like it's going to be either a new horror classic that shapes the genre, or one of the most 'pretentiously' awful films of all time.
The important thing is to get ridiculously and 'pretentiously' creative, and let everyone know what you're doing and what it all represents.
The dialogue is self-consciously clunky, the characters are stereotypes and each section is fronted with a 'pretentiously' redundant quotation.
Rather 'pretentiously' , I always have this by the bed - I often find it soothing to read a few pages about the mating and migratory habits of swallows before I go to sleep.
There is a lot of 'pretentiousness' and snobbery associated with literature.
Fortunately we're not au fait with 'pretentiousness' and ‘inflated self-opinions’ here.
What was Joyce's excuse for such 'pretentiousness' ?
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