If you describe someone’s behaviour as ~, you are criticizing them for doing or buying things in order to impress people. (FORMAL)
On the whole she had lived modestly, with a notable lack of ~.
N-UNCOUNT disapproval
If you describe someone’s behaviour as ~, you are criticizing them for doing or buying things in order to impress people. (FORMAL)
On the whole she had lived modestly, with a notable lack of ~.
N-UNCOUNT disapproval
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012