pretentiousness
noun [ U ] disapproving uk/prɪˈten.ʃəs.nəs/ us/prɪˈten.ʃəs.nəs/ (also pretension)
自命不凡，矫饰，炫耀
the quality of trying to make yourself appear or sound more important or clever than you are
I couldn't believe the pretentiousness of the book. 我简直不敢相信这本书是如此装腔作势。
Her writing tends towards abstraction and pretentiousness. 她的写作风格偏抽象化，也颇多矫饰。
See: pretentious
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- I thought it a delightful novel that contains no pretentiousness.
- There was a kind of pretentiousness to the critics reviews of the play.
- The pretentiousness and prices at the new coffee shop are a real let down.