characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.

Is pretentiousness a real word?

Second, pretentiousness is a noun made from the adjective pretentious, which virtually everyone knows and understands. You will hear the word used everywhere from literary soirees to shopping mall get-togethers to trailer-park barbecues.

Does pretentious mean rich?

A rich, upper-class person who buys a very expensive new car is ostentatious. ... A pretentious person is pretending to have or be something or someone he or she is not. An ostentatious person is flaunting who he or she is and/or what they have.