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1.                 From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   pretension
       n 1: a false or unsupportable quality [syn: pretension,
            pretense, pretence]
       2: the advancing of a claim; "his pretension to the crown"; "the
          town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort"
       3: the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in
          such a manner as to create a false appearance of great
          importance or worth) [syn: pretentiousness, pretension,
          largeness] [ant: unpretentiousness]