DICTIONARY ENTRY
3 SYLLABLES
pretension
/prɪ'tɛnʃən/ · prɪtɛnʃən
Pretension has 3 syllables: pre · ten · sion.
pre
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ten
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sion
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noun. A false or unsupportable quality.
noun. The quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth).
noun. The advancing of a claim.
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