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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." "He knew that good and bountiful minds were sometimes inclined to ostentation." (Atterbury)
Synonyms: Parade, pageantry, show, pomp, pompousness, vaunting, boasting. See Parade.
Origin: L. Ostentatio: cf. F. Ostentation.
(01 Mar 1998)
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