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ostentation
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ostentation \Os`ten*ta"tion\, n. [L. ostentatio: cf. F.
ostentation.]
1. The act of ostentating or of making an ambitious display;
unnecessary show; pretentious parade; -- usually in a
detractive sense. "Much ostentation vain of fleshly arm."
--Milton.
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He knew that good and bountiful minds were sometimes
inclined to ostentation. --Atterbury.
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2. A show or spectacle. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Syn: Parade; pageantry; show; pomp; pompousness; vaunting;
boasting. See Parade.
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