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[syn: ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness, inflation]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pomposity \Pom*pos"i*ty\, n.; pl. Pomposities.
The quality or state of being pompous; pompousness.
--Thackeray.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
pomposity
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]