ostentation

Signification (Anglais)

1. (uncountable, usually) Ambitious display; vain show; display intended to excite admiration or applause.
2. (obsolete, uncountable, usually) A show or spectacle.

Concepts

ostentation

fanfare

inflation

ostensible

parade

spectacle

étalage

exhibition

démonstration

ostentatoire

Synonymes

show

pomp

display

affectation

pomposity

foppery

flash

pompousness

pretentiousness

showiness

fanfare

ostentatiousness

parade

vanity

pride

puffiness

pretension

swank

foppishness

boasting

inflation

splashiness

pretense

self-conceit

showing

showing off

show off

splurge

stylishness

superciliousness

vaunt

rhodomontade

ostent

arrogance

bluster

demonstration

disguise

exhibition

exhibitionism

expansivity

false pride

flamboyance

flaunting

frippery

garishness

gasconade

grandeur

grandiosity

imitation

limelight

Traductions

ostentazione

ostentación

επίδειξη

ostentació

Zurschaustellung

Schaustellung

jactantia

aparato

vanità

Affektiertheit

sfarzosità

Gepränge

praal

Prahlerei

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˌɒstənˈteɪʃən/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: ostentacioun

In summary

Originated 1425–75 from late Middle English ostentacioun, borrowed from Middle French ostentation and its etymon Latin ostentātiō, ostentātiōnem, equivalent to ostentātus (past participle of ostentāre, to display or exhibit), frequentative of ostendere (“to present, display”) + -iōn. By surface analysis, ostent + -ation.