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ostentation (n.)

mid-15c., ostentacioun, "ambitious display, pretentious show, display intended to evoke admiration or attract attention," from Old French ostentacion (mid-14c.) and directly from Latin ostentationem (nominative ostentatio) "showing, exhibition, vain display," noun of action from past-participle stem of ostentare "to display," frequentative of ostendere "to show" (see ostensible).

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Definitions of ostentation from WordNet

ostentation (n.)
a gaudy outward display;
Synonyms: fanfare / flash
ostentation (n.)
lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity;
Synonyms: ostentatiousness / pomposity / pompousness / pretentiousness / puffiness / splashiness / inflation
ostentation (n.)
pretentious or showy or vulgar display;
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