Pretension | Mean of pretension in English Dictionary

/prɪˈtɛnʃən/

• Noun
• the unpleasant quality of people who think of themselves as more impressive, successful, or important than they really are
1. He spoke about his achievements without pretension.
2. I admire his honesty and lack of pretension.
3. The restaurant offers excellent food without pretension.
• a desire to do something or a claim to be something that is impressive or important
1. The movie has no artistic pretensions. = The movie has no pretensions to/of being great art. [=the movie is not trying/claiming to be artistic]
2. She has serious literary pretensions. [=aspirations]