pretension

وانمود، ادعا، دعوی، خودفروشی، تظاهر، قصد، داعیه، ابراز ادعا، تجاهل، ظاهرسازی

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معنی و تعریف

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اسم

تعریف:

کیفیت نادرست یا غیرقابل پشتیبانی

a false or unsupportable quality

مترادف‌ها:

مثال‌ها:

  • His claim to be an expert in ancient history was pure pretension, as he had never studied the subject.
  • The artist's pretension of originality faded when critics discovered her work was copied from a lesser-known painter.
۲.
اسم

تعریف:

کیفیت یا ویژگی تظاهر به داشتن اهمیت یا ارزش زیاد به صورت نادرست

the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)

مترادف‌ها:

مثال‌ها:

  • His pretension about being a world traveler was exposed when he couldn't locate France on a map.
  • She dropped her pretension and admitted she had never actually read the classic novel she claimed to love.
۳.
اسم

تعریف:

پیش کشیدن یک ادعا؛

the advancing of a claim

مثال‌ها:

  • His pretension to the throne was based on an ancient document.
  • She made a pretension of expertise despite having no formal training.