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> This writing is so pretentious. What is it pretending?

• jolmg 8y ago
  pretentious[1] != pretending[2] [1] https://www.dictionary.com/browse/pretentious https://www.dictionary.com/browse/pretentious [2] https://www.dictionary.com/browse/pretending https://www.dictionary.com/browse/pretending
  • slothtrop 8y ago
    It's just a form of it. "Characterized by assumption [...]" that's pretending. "making an exaggerated outward show"; pretending. "full of pretense"; hey, what does the definition for that return? - https://www.dictionary.com/browse/pretense https://www.dictionary.com/browse/pretense If it can be characterized as such, then one ought to be able to elucidate why.
    • jolmg 8y ago
      > "Characterized by assumption [...]" that's pretending Maybe by a meaning of "assumption" or "pretending" that I'm not too familiar with. Normally, I would think that someone "assuming" thinks something is true and acts like so, and someone "pretending" thinks it's not true but acts like it is. > "making an exaggerated outward show"; pretending My English must be lacking... Exaggerated just means making something more apparent than it needs to be. That's also different to pretending. > "full of pretense"; hey, what does the definition for that return? Ok, you convince me there's related meanings with that.
• tptacek 8y ago
  That its subject isn't banal. That's usually what people mean when they say something is "pretentious".