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ostentation

4 syllables
noun
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As a noun, ostentation means ambitious display.

Meanings of ostentation

5 meanings

noun

  1. Ambitious display; vain show; display intended to excite admiration or applause.

  2. A gaudy outward display

    Similar: fanfare, flash

  3. Lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity

    Similar: ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness

  4. Pretentious or showy or vulgar display

Older and rare meanings (1)

  1. obsoleteA show or spectacle.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

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noun: a gaudy outward display
fanfareflash
noun: lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and pu…
ostentatiousnesspompositypompousnesspretentiousnesspuffinesssplashinessinflation

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