OSTENTATION


Meaning of OSTENTATION in English

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

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