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ostentation(dictionary)
ostentation(dictionary)

ostentation (oh)



[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Old French; Origin: Latin, from ostentare 'to show ostentatiously', from ostendere; OSTENSIBLE]
when you deliberately try to show people how rich or clever you are, in order to make them admire you
::Her lifestyle was remarkably free from ostentation.