ostentation[noun]Synonyms: display, affectation, exhibitionism, flamboyance, flashiness, flaunting, parade, pomp, pretentiousness, show, showing off
(informal) [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
os‧ten‧ta‧tion /ˌɒstənˈteɪʃ
ən, -ten- $ ˌɑː-/
noun [uncountable] formal[
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. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲