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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 pretensions
Familiarity information: UNPRETENTIOUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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