high pretension

  • 1high-flying — adjective Date: 1581 1. marked by extravagance, pretension, or excessive ambition 2. rising to considerable height …

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  • 2pretension — Synonyms and related words: Barnumism, acting, affectation, affectedness, airs, airs and graces, alibi, ambitions, ambitiousness, apology, appearance, appurtenance, artificiality, aspiration, attitudinizing, authority, bedizenment, big talk,… …

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  • 3ostentation — n. 1. Display, show, parade, pomp, flourish, dash, pomposity, pompousness, pageantry, high pretension, vaunting. 2. Semblance, appearance, show …

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  • 4Tensile structure — A tensile structure is a construction of elements carrying only tension and no compression or bending. The term tensile should not be confused with tensegrity, which is a structural form with both tension and compression elements.Most tensile… …

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  • 5theatre — /thee euh teuhr, theeeu /, n. theater. * * * I Building or space in which performances are given before an audience. It contains an auditorium and stage. In ancient Greece, where Western theatre began (5th century BC), theatres were constructed… …

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  • 6Union of Christendom — • Includes the Catholic Church together with the many other religious communions which have either directly or indirectly, separated from it Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Union of Christendom     Union of Christend …

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  • 7Robert Peary — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Contralmirante Robert Peary Robert Peary en uniforme naval …

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  • 8Line of succession to the Russian throne — The Monarchy of Russia was abolished in 1917 following the February Revolution, which forced Tsar Nicholas II to abdicate. The current Pretender is open to debate.Line of succession in March 1917The numbers following the names indicate descent… …

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  • 9Historia del arte — Para la historiografía de la historia del arte, véase Estudio de la historia del arte. La creación …

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  • 10ostentation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Pretentious display Nouns 1. ostentation, ostentatiousness, display, show, flourish, parade; pomp, array, state, solemnity; dash, splash, glitter, strut; bombast, pomposity (see boasting); tinsel,… …

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