pretensionnoun
uk/prɪˈten.ʃən/us/prɪˈten.ʃən/[ C usually plural ] a claim or belief that you can succeed or that you are important or have serious value:
The Chronicle has pretensions to being a serious newspaper.
The NY Giants' Super Bowl pretensions were dashed when they were beaten last week.
[ U ] also pretentiousness, the act of trying to appear or sound more important or clever than you are
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