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AH020387 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Prentious

'Pretentious' means 'snobby' or 'conceited' or 'quack/pretender'?
  

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It means pretending to be more than one is, or being ostentatious. Conceited means thinking very highly of oneself. One might actually have some very worthy characteristcs, but be very self involved and proud of themselves in a way that fails to take into consideration the need to also see one's faults and have some humility.

— Sam1947

  • It means pretending to be more than one is, or being ostentatious.
  • Conceited means thinking very highly of oneself.
  • One might actually have some very worthy characteristcs, but be very self involved and proud of themselves in a way that fails to take into consideration the need to also see one's faults and have some humility.
  • But, in and of itself, it isn't the same thing as pretentious.
  • Being snobby means to look down on others, so one might actually be whatever the desired thing is--pretty, wealthy, popular in school (so not pretentious), but still look down on others and be snobby.
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It means pretending to be more than one is, or being ostentatious.

Conceited means thinking very highly of oneself. One might actually have some very worthy characteristcs, but be very self involved and proud of themselves in a way that fails to take into consideration the need to also see one's faults and have some humility. But, in and of itself, it isn't the same thing as pretentiou
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Where you said 'pretentious' means 'ostentatious' you meant 'ostentatious' in the sense of 'showoff' right?
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Yes, frequently associated with a great show of wealth, but is also used to mean a showy display of gratitude, or to make a showy display of one's relationship with some prominent person, etc., etc.
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