pretension

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A claim or aspiration to a particular status or quality.
2. (countable, uncountable) Pretentiousness.

Verb

1. To apply tension to an object before some other event or process.
2. To apply tension to reinforcing strands before concrete is poured in.

Synonyms

claim

aspiration

demand

affectation

pretence

ambition

assumption

assertion

pretense

pretentiousness

largeness

arrogance

dissimulation

hypocrisy

conceited

ostentation

contention

pomposity

hubris

impulse

impute

inclination

insistence

intention

law suit

make believe

mind

plaint

position

preloading

presumption

pretext

proposition

proud of

purpose

quackery

request

requirement

requirements

responsible

sham

simulation

snobbery

snootiness

stand

striving

supposition

treachery

vaunt

view

Translations

prétention

pretensión

pretesa

pretensão

αξίωση

pretentie

Anmaßung

aanspraak

pretención

Einbildung

aanmatiging

Prätention

Anspruch

prétension

pretensione

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: pretencioun

In summary

From Middle English pretencioun, pretensioun, from Medieval Latin prētēnsiō.