pretentiousness

The nuances of race are also present in the show’s cultural specificity, such as the depiction of a Korean American church community or the fine art-world pretentiousness of Amy’s Japanese American husband and family.

Some of X’s pretentiousness — she is given to statements like “To be rebellious and to distrust rebellion is the plight of the tragic artist” — bleeds over into the book itself.

Perhaps not surprisingly, narcissistic arrogance can also come out in the ways one usually associated with pomposity — "pretentiousness, preening, snobbery, a sense they are better than others," according to Durvasula.

He’s easy to get along with, easy to understand and, and there’s no pretentiousness with him.

It slips into pretentiousness only to slip right back out again.