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ostentatiousness
ostenˈtatiousness [f. as prec. + -ness.] The quality or condition of being ostentatious.1658 Earl of Monmouth tr. Paruta's Wars Cyprus 124 To lose their lives without any advantage, would be rather a sign of foolish ostentatiousnesse, than of true worth. 1782 Char. in Ann. Reg. 52/1 They learn..to d...
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ostentatious
ostentatious, a. (ɒstənˈteɪʃəs) [f. ostentation: see -ious. Has displaced the earlier ostentative, ostentatory, ostentive, ostentous.] 1. Characterized or marked by ostentation: a. Of actions, personal qualities, etc.: Performed, exercised, or set forth in a way calculated to attract attention or ad...
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Both the size and the ostentatiousness of a manuscript reflect both on the status of the manuscript and on its owner.
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pomposity
pomposity (pɒmˈpɒsɪtɪ) In 5 pomposite. [ad. med.L. pompōsitās: see pompous and -ity.] The quality of being pompous. † 1. Pomp, solemnity. Obs. rare— 1.1432–50 tr. Higden (Rolls) I. 41 Iulius Cesar ordeneide by the cownselle of the senate sette in pomposite alle the worlde to be dimencionate. 2. Disp...
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PNL (rap duo)
The PNL style, without make-up or overplay, takes a backhanded rap game where luxury and ostentatiousness are omnipresent, at the same time as it gives
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Apollonian and Dionysian
Ruth Benedict
Anthropologist Ruth Benedict used the terms to characterize cultures that value restraint and modesty (Apollonian) and ostentatiousness
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vauntingness
ˈvauntingness rare. [f. vaunting vbl. n.] Boastfulness.1727 Bailey (vol. II), Ostentatiousness, vauntingness, bragging, shewiness. 1955 E. Bowen World of Love v. 83 If she chose to make history out of her vicissitudes, that was really from vauntingness—nothing beat her.
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The House in Nazareth
The very conception of painting flees from the ostentatiousness of certain currents of the pictorial Baroque.
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Burnin' Up (Jessie J song)
Billboard awarded the song 3 out of 5 stars, saying that "While her vocals flirt with ostentatiousness, 2 Chainz is all chill, smoothly rhyming 'corridor
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Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)
outward adornment: wedding rings, ear rings, lipstick on women, or following "worldly fashions" (there is still an emphasis by some on "modesty", i.e. non-ostentatiousness
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表面文章 - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Chinese: ·focus solely on form or appearance without emphasis on content or effectiveness; ostentatiousness
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Aeschines of Sphettus
In the dialogue, Socrates criticizes Telauges for his extreme asceticism and Critobulus for his ostentatiousness, apparently in an attempt to argue for
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Flagpole of Freedom Park
Navy-veteran, recalled the "Things Unnecessary" store in The Simpsons 'Tis the Fifteenth Season, calling "[t]he entire plan is a masterstroke of ostentatiousness
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Batman of Zur-En-Arrh
In the modern continuity, the crazed Bruce Wayne comments that, despite the ostentatiousness of the costume, Robin had dressed this way for years, implying
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Patriciate (Nuremberg)
Above all, however, they neglected the economic interests of the city entrusted to them and, with their ostentatiousness, contributed significantly to
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