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OSTENTATIOUSNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ostentatiousness mean?
• OSTENTATIOUSNESS (noun)
The noun OSTENTATIOUSNESS has 1 sense:
1. lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
Familiarity information: OSTENTATIOUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
inflation; ostentation; ostentatiousness; pomposity; pompousness; pretentiousness; puffiness; splashiness
Hypernyms ("ostentatiousness" is a kind of...):
inelegance (the quality of lacking refinement and good taste)
Derivation:
ostentatious (intended to attract notice and impress others)
ostentatious ((of a display) tawdry or vulgar)
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