Home › Words › P › pretendingnesspretendingnesspretendingness · noun — the quality of being pretentious.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom pretending + -ness.nounThe quality of being pretentious.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.pretentiousness 90% match — The quality of being pretentious. vs pretendingness →pretentiosity 86% match — The quality of being pretentious. vs pretendingness →pretendence 79% match — The act of pretending; pretense. vs pretendingness →pretensional 75% match — Of or relating to pretense or pretension; pretended. vs pretendingness →pretenseful 73% match — Full of pretense or pretenses. vs pretendingness →pretension 72% match — A claim or aspiration to a particular status or quality. vs pretendingness →pretendingly 69% match — So as to pretend. vs pretendingness →pretendership 69% match — The character or claims of a pretender. vs pretendingness →