pretentiousness

1. I think in those days we were a little shy of our emotions, and the fear of ridicule tempered the more obvious forms of pretentiousness.
   我想在过去的日子里我们都羞于使自己的感情外露，因为怕人嘲笑，所以都约束着自己不给人以傲慢自大的印象。
2. Such pretentiousness cannot reflect truth but is an obstacle to truth.
   这种装腔作势的东西，不能反映真理，而是妨害真理的。
3. Simple but grandiose architecture; it often suggests pretentiousness, affectation, or pompousness
   简洁但巨大的建筑；其常暗指自以为是，虚假或自傲
4. Needless to say, the idea of attaining fame and position for oneself by pretentiousness is even more contemptible.
   至于以装腔作势来达到名誉和地位的目的，那更是卑劣的念头，不待说的了。
5. I'm sick of his pompousness and pretentiousness.
   我很厌恶他的自负与装腔作势。

noun

1. the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)

   Synonym:    pretensionlargeness

2. lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity

   Synonym:    ostentationostentatiousnesspompositypompousnesspuffinesssplashinessinflation