pomposity
noun
pom·pos·i·ty
päm-ˈpä-sə-tē 
plural pomposities
1
: pompous demeanor, speech, or behavior
2
: a pompous gesture, habit, or act
Synonyms
- arrogance
- assumption
- bumptiousness
- consequence
- haughtiness
- hauteur
- high horse
- huffiness
- imperiousness
- loftiness
- lordliness
- masterfulness
- peremptoriness
- pompousness
- presumptuousness
- pretense
- pretence
- pretension
- pretentiousness
- self-consequence
- self-importance
- superciliousness
- superiority
- toploftiness
Examples of pomposity in a Sentence
restaurant reviews that are written with a pomposity that will leave a bad taste in anyone's mouth
his over-the-top trophy mansion should give you some idea of his pomposity
Recent Examples on the Web
The Ally has chosen sink themselves with pomposity, a humorless sense of holiness, or, worse still, plain canniness — a cynical nod to the selling power of relevance lurking inside a righteous agenda.
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2024
Don Wright, a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist whose pointed work punctured duplicity and pomposity and resonated with common-sense readers, died on March 24 at his home in Palm Beach, Fla.
—Sam Roberts, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2024
No one’s pomposity or embarrassing behavior was beyond his reach.
—Richard E. Vatz, Baltimore Sun, 9 Jan. 2024
As established in Paddington 2, King brings out something special in Grant, somehow coaxing a unique blend of Grant’s rom-com befuddlement and pomposity into a vanity-free sense of abandon.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 4 Dec. 2023
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2024
Don Wright, a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist whose pointed work punctured duplicity and pomposity and resonated with common-sense readers, died on March 24 at his home in Palm Beach, Fla.
—Sam Roberts, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2024
No one’s pomposity or embarrassing behavior was beyond his reach.
—Richard E. Vatz, Baltimore Sun, 9 Jan. 2024
As established in Paddington 2, King brings out something special in Grant, somehow coaxing a unique blend of Grant’s rom-com befuddlement and pomposity into a vanity-free sense of abandon.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 4 Dec. 2023
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“Pomposity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pomposity. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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