What does pretensive mean?
Pretensive means (now rare) Pretended; feigned..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(now rare) Pretended; feigned..
I used half a lifetime reading the critics, and while I found the content pretensive I found the style somehow pleasurable […].
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Pretensive means (now rare) Pretended; feigned..
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I used half a lifetime reading the critics, and while I found the content pretensive I found the style somehow pleasurable […].
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