n. 1 Often, pretensions. claim(s), pretence(s), aspiration(s), ambitiousness, ambition(s) He is known to have pretensions to the chancellorship 2 pretext, pretence, pretentiousness, ostentation, pretending, affectation, hypocrisy Gladys has behaved without pretension and with great sincerity
PRETENSION
Meaning of PRETENSION in English
Oxford thesaurus English vocab. Английский словарь Оксфорд тезаурус. 2012