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UNPRETENTIOUSNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unpretentiousness mean? 

UNPRETENTIOUSNESS (noun)
  The noun UNPRETENTIOUSNESS has 1 sense:

1. the quality of being natural and without pretensionsplay

  Familiarity information: UNPRETENTIOUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


UNPRETENTIOUSNESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of being natural and without pretensions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("unpretentiousness" is a kind of...):

naturalness (the quality of being natural or based on natural principles)

Antonym:

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

Derivation:

unpretentious (not ostentatious)

unpretentious (exhibiting restrained good taste)


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