Pretensive
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Pretensive is an adjective meaning (now rare) Pretended; feigned.
Meaning
(now rare) Pretended; feigned.
More Meanings
- (chiefly US) Pretentious.
Example Sentences
I used half a lifetime reading the critics, and while I found the content pretensive I found the style somehow pleasurable […].
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pretensed, pretextual, pretextuous, pretensional, prenunciative, prolative.
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