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Ostentation Common

Origin: Latin suffix -tion

Ostentation has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a gaudy outward display

2

lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity

3

pretentious or showy or vulgar display

4

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

See Also
ostensible ostentatious barnumize swank ostension ostensive peacockery unassuming
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
display inelegance pretentiousness
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
bravado exhibitionism ritz splurge pedantry
Rhyming Words
ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion
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