English Explanatory Dictionary

pretensive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Pretended; feigned.
  2. Pretentious.

Word forms

pretensive more pretensive most pretensive

Etymology

From the participle stem of Latin praetendere + -ive.

Derived words

pretensively pretensiveness
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