Noun
- 1. ostentation, fanfare, flash, display
- usage: a gaudy outward display
- 2. ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness, inflation, inelegance
- usage: lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
- 3. ostentation, pretentiousness, pretension, largeness
- usage: pretentious or showy or vulgar display
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