pretension
$ \mathrm{pretension}^1 |prəˈten(t)SH(ə)n|
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/icons/point.icon AMBITION, ASPIRATION, PRETENSION mean strong desire for advancement.
AMBITION applies to the desire for personal advancement or preferment and may suggest equally a praiseworthy or an inordinate desire.
e.g. driven by ambition
ASPIRATION implies a striving after something higher than oneself.
e.g. an aspiration to become president someday
PRETENSION suggests ardent desire for recognition of accomplishment often without actual possession of the necessary ability and therefore may imply presumption.
e.g. has literary pretensions
noun
1. (pretension to) a claim or assertion of a claim to something:
〖しばしば～s〗 «…である/…をするという» 主張, 要求, 野心 «to/to doing, to do» (→ claim)
e.g. we cannot tolerate pretension to infallibility
e.g. their pretensions to culture.
(often pretensions) an aspiration or claim to a certain status or quality:
e.g. another aging rocker with literary pretensions.
2. the use of affectation to impress; ostentatiousness:
｟けなして｠ ; 〖通例～s〗 (実際よりも良く)見せかけること, てらい, 気取り; 虚勢
e.g. he spoke simply, without pretension.
ORIGIN
late Middle English: from medieval Latin praetensio(n-), from praetens- ‘alleged’, from the verb praetendere (see pretend).
$ \mathrm{pretension}^2 |prēˈten(t)SHən|
verb with object
apply tension to (an object) during manufacture or prior to some other process:
e.g. the safety system pretensions the seat belts.
strengthen (reinforced concrete) by applying tension to the reinforcing rods before the concrete has set.