Definition of ostentation Ostentation
/ɔˌstɛntejˈʃʌn/ - [ostenteyshun] - os•ten•ta•tion
We found 7 definitions of ostentation from 4 different sources.
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What does ostentation mean?
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NounPlural: ostentations |
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| ostentation - a gaudy outward display | ||
| fanfare, flash | ||
| display something shown to the public; "the museum had many exhibits of oriental art" | ||
| bravado, bluster a swaggering show of courage | ||
| exhibitionism the perverse act of exposing and attracting attention to your own genitals | ||
| ritz an ostentatiously elegant hotel | ||
| splurge an ostentatious display (of effort or extravagance etc.) | ||
| ostentation - lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity | ||
| ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness, inflation | ||
| inelegance the quality of lacking refinement and good taste | ||
| ostentation - pretentious or showy or vulgar display | ||
| pretentiousness, pretension, largeness the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth) | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- ostentation (n.)
The act of ostentating or of making an ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade; -- usually in a detractive sense. - ostentation (n.)
A show or spectacle.
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ostentation
A gaudy and proud outward display.
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🔤- ostentation, noun, singular of ostentations.
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