meaning of pretension

1. The act of pretending, or laying claim; the act of asserting right or title.
2.
A claim made, whether true or false; a right alleged or assumed; a holding out the appearance of possessing a certain character; as, pretensions to scholarship.
3.
a false or unsupportable quality


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