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4 | 12.50% |
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12 | 37.50% |
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4 | 12.50% |
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pretentious
adjective1. making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction; "a pretentious country house"; "a pretentious fraud"; "a pretentious scholarly edition" [ant: unpretentious] 2. intended to attract notice and impress others; "an ostentatious sable coat" [syn: ostentatious] [ant: unostentatious] 3. (of a display) tawdry or vulgar [syn: ostentatious] |
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the first definition here:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pretense Usually I find that social definitions are derived from poor understanding and use of academic definitions. |
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Although this is a social and not academic situation.
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pre·ten·tious [pri-ten-shuh
![]() 1. full of shit. 2. undignified bullshittery designed to address a lack of self-esteem. 2. politicians and indie music. |
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Now "social" and "academic" are two totally alien worlds? The social definition is built on a definition that applies to everyone. I'm only raising this fact. I am not denying the existence of ostentatious people.
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This thread reeks of pretention.
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Academic definitions make me sick.
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I knew it would be beyond you all
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this is what set me off, mostly
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i am listening to echo & the bunnymen.
i admit to this. it does not make me look cool. therefore i score low on a scale of pretentiousness.
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