pretension

1. n. The act of pretending, or laying claim; the act of asserting right or title. Source: opted

2. n. A claim made, whether true or false; a right alleged or assumed; a holding out the appearance of possessing a certain character; as, pretensions to scholarship. Source: opted

3. n. a false or unsupportable quality Source: wordnet

4. n. the advancing of a claim Source: wordnet

5. n. the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth) Source: wordnet

6. 1. The act of pretending, or laying claim; the act of asserting right or title. The arrogant pretensions of Glengarry contributed to protract the discussion. Macaulay. 2. A claim made, whether true or false; a right alleged or assumed; a holding out the appearance of possessing a certain character; as, pretensions to scholarship. This was but an invention and pretension given out by the Spaniards. Bacon. Men indulge those opinions and practices that favor their pretensions. L'Estrange. Source: webster

7. n:100 n. a false or unsupportable quality n. the advancing of a claim Source: ecdict

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