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[syn: ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness, inflation]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ostentatious \Os`ten*ta"tious\, a.
Fond of, or evincing, ostentation; unduly conspicuous;
pretentious; boastful.
[1913 Webster]
Far from being ostentatious of the good you do.
--Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
The ostentatious professions of many years. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster] -- Os`ten*ta"tious*ly, adv. --
Os`ten*ta"tious*ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
ostentatiousness
n 1: lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and
puffed up with vanity [syn: ostentation,
ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness,
pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness, inflation]