Cuvânt: pretension

pretension example in a phrase

• Against rationalism as a pretension and a method, pragmatism is fully armed and militant. [W. James, Pragmatism]

  pronunţia pentru Against rationalism as a pretension and a method, pragmatism is fully armed and militant. [W. James, Pragmatism] Pronunţie de 16dmcwilliams (Bărbat din Regatul Unit)

Translation of pretension

Definition of pretension

• a false or unsupportable quality
• the advancing of a claim
• the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)

Synonyms of pretension

• pronunţia pentru motive motive [en]
• pronunţia pentru maintenance maintenance [en]
• pronunţia pentru assertion assertion [en]
• pronunţia pentru demand demand [en]
• pronunţia pentru declaration declaration [en]
• pronunţia pentru stake stake [en]
• pronunţia pentru affirmation affirmation [en]
• pronunţia pentru interest interest [en]
• allegation (formal)
• ostentation (pej.)

Translation of pretension