grandiosity

noun

Definition of grandiositynext
as in affectation
the quality or state of appearing or trying to appear more important or more valuable than is the case I'd rather be thought of as a person with simple integrity, not a person given to grandiosity and exaggeration

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grandiosity
  1. affectation
  2. arrogance
  3. pretension
  4. vanity
  5. pretense
Noun
  • His eccentricities — once easily dismissed as the affectations of a lonely man — read maniacal.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Strangely, the results come off as a directorial affectation, a willful cramping of her style.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of affectation
Noun
  • Dastmalchian gets to play it all — disbelief, arrogance, grieving, terrified — sometimes in the same moment.
    Jenelle Riley, Variety, 31 Oct. 2024
  • These things are a big investment of time and to have not one, but two of them that might otherwise have had a reasonable expectation of success — probably arrogance on my part — but still, many times an author who gets published once can get published a second time.
    Choire Sicha, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of arrogance
Noun
  • The past month in Lebanon, like the past year in Gaza, has demonstrated that Israel’s leaders have no idealistic pretensions about establishing a new political order in Lebanon or in the Strip.
    Mohanad Hage Ali, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The chief theme, of course, is art itself, which wafts into pretension all too easily.
    Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2024
Definition of pretension
Noun
  • Elsewhere is a bar/parlor room, as well as an inviting primary suite that comes complete with a Juliette balcony, a walk-in closet, and a luxe bath flaunting dual vanities and a large shower.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Grand suites have separate in-room dining tables and some even have bathtubs and dual-sink stone vanities.
    Nicole Trilivas, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
Definition of vanity
Noun
  • But in his youth lies the reason for anonymity and pretense, Hoback claims.
    Joel Khalili, WIRED, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Liberals, apparently, got up close to voters under the pretense of handing out food and water.
    Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2024
Definition of pretense
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Thesaurus Entries Near grandiosity

grandiosely

grandiosity

grandly

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“Grandiosity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grandiosity. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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