[げんき, genki] (n) affectation; ostentation; vanity [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Ostentation \Os`ten*ta"tion\, n. [L. ostentatio: cf. F.
ostentation.]
1. The act of ostentating or of making an ambitious display;
unnecessary show; pretentious parade; -- usually in a
detractive sense. "Much ostentation vain of fleshly arm."
--Milton.
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He knew that good and bountiful minds were sometimes
inclined to ostentation. --Atterbury.
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2. A show or spectacle. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Syn: Parade; pageantry; show; pomp; pompousness; vaunting;
boasting. See {Parade}.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ostentation
n 1: a gaudy outward display [syn: {ostentation}, {fanfare},
{flash}]
2: lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed
up with vanity [syn: {ostentation}, {ostentatiousness},
{pomposity}, {pompousness}, {pretentiousness}, {puffiness},
{splashiness}, {inflation}]
3: pretentious or showy or vulgar display
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