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   ostentation

   /ˌɒstɛnˈteɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. the pretentious or showy display of wealth and luxury, designed to impress: "the office was spacious, but without any trace of ostentation"

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from Latin ostentatio(n-), from the verb ostentare, frequentative of ostendere ‘stretch out to view’.

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