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- Dictionaryostentation/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"
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a show of wealth, possessions, or power intended to attract admiration or notice. (Definition of ostentation from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of ostentation. ostentation. Late prehistoric ostentation, by contrast, was aimed at a larger audience and there is no sign of an exclusive elite culture.
The meaning of OSTENTATION is excessive display : vain and unnecessary show especially for the purpose of attracting attention, admiration, or envy : pretentiousness. How to use ostentation in a sentence.
Ostentation is the pretentious or conspicuous showing of one’s wealth or importance. How does ostentation compare to show, display, and pomp? Learn more on Thesaurus.com.
noun [ U ] disapproving us / ˌɑː.stənˈteɪ.ʃ ə n / uk / ˌɒs.tenˈteɪ.ʃ ə n / Add to word list. the quality of being ostentatious: Her luxurious lifestyle and personal ostentation were both hated and envied. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Attention-seeking, distracting and showing off. bravura. check out. chichi. dressed.
Definition of ostentation noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Ostentation is a pretentious or showy display (gaudy or flashy), usually designed to attract attention. Ostentation is a woman in a fur coat, covered in diamond jewelry, boarding a gold-plated private jet.
If you describe someone's behaviour as ostentation, you are criticizing them for doing or buying things in order to impress people. [formal, disapproval] Consumers are abandoning the excess and ostentation of the 1980s. On the whole she had lived modestly, with a notable lack of ostentation.
