Category:Pretension

Pre*ten"sion, n. Etym: [cf. F. prétention. See pretend, tension.]

1. The act of pretending, or laying claim; the act of asserting right Or title. The arrogant pretensions of glengarry contributed to protract the Discussion. Macaulay.

2. A claim made, whether true or false; a right alleged or assumed; a Holding out the appearance of possessing a certain character; as, Pretensions to scholarship. This was but an invention and pretension given out by the spaniards. Bacon. Men indulge those opinions and practices that favor their Pretensions. L'estrange.