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Thesaurus: ostentation
The act of ostentating or of making an ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade; -- usually in a detractive sense.
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Definitions
- n. The act of ostentating or of making an ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade; -- usually in a detractive sense.
- n. A show or spectacle.
- n. a gaudy outward display
- n. lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
- n. pretentious or showy or vulgar display
- n:100 n. a gaudy outward display n. lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity n. pretentious or showy or vulgar display