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Pretensions

/prəˈtɛnʃənz/
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(noun) plural of pretension

Don't start again now with your intellectual pretensions.
Curb your intellectual pretensions.
CEFR Practice Quiz
Despite his grand ____ to being an expert, he clearly knew very little about the subject.

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