Noun: ostentation ,ós-tun'tey-shun or ,ós,ten'tey-shun
- Pretentious, showy or vulgar display
"The ostentation of their wealth was off-putting to their neighbours"
- Lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
"The ostentation of the mansion reflected the owner's need to flaunt his wealth";
- ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness, inflation
- A gaudy outward display
"The celebrity's arrival was marked by great ostentation";
- fanfare, flash
Derived forms: ostentations
Type of: display, inelegance, largeness, pretence [Brit, Cdn], pretense [N. Amer], pretension, pretentiousness
Encyclopedia: Ostentation