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ostentation |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ostentation \Os`ten*ta"tion\, n. [L. ostentatio: cf F. ostentation.] 1. The act of ostentating or of making an ambitious display; unnecessary show pretentious parade; -- usually in a detractive sense ``Much ostentation vain of fleshly arm.'' --Milton. He knew that good and bountiful minds were sometimes inclined to ostentation. --Atterbury. 2. A show or spectacle. [Obs.] --Shak. Syn: Parade; pageantry; show pomp; pompousness; vaunting; boasting. See {Parade}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ostentation n 1: a showy outward display [syn: {fanfare}] 2: lack of elegance as a consequence of pomposity [syn: {ostentatiousness}, {pomposity}, {pompousness}, {pretentiousness}, {splashiness}] 3: pretentious or showy or vulgar display
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