Main entry: pretence, pretense, pretension
Definition: a false or unsupportable quality
Main entry: pretension, pretentiousness, largeness
Definition: the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)
Main entry: pretension
Definition: the advancing of a claim
Usage: his pretension to the crown; the town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort