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Wednesday, 28 October 2015
Word of the Day: Ostentation
ostentation
ˌɒstɛnˈteɪʃ(ə)n/
noun
the pretentious or showy display of wealth and luxury, designed to impress.
"the office was spacious, but without any trace of ostentation"
synonyms:
showiness,
show
, showing off, ostentatiousness;
pretentiousness,
pretension
,
vulgarity
, conspicuousness, obtrusiveness,
display
,flamboyance, gaudiness, garishness,
tinsel
, brashness, loudness,
extravagance
, ornateness, theatricality,
kitschness
,
affectation
, bad taste, tastelessness,
self-advertisement
,
exhibitionism
, flaunting;
informal
flashiness,
flash
, flashness,
glitz
, glitziness, ritziness,swankiness,
swank
, splashiness
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