Переводы „pretension“ в словаре англо » русский

pretension [prɪˈtenʃn] СУЩ.

pretension

прете́нзия ж.

to have pretensions to doing sth

кто-ли́бо претенду́ет на то, что де́лает что-ли́бо

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Today it refers to someone who is humble and lacking pretension.

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These stories tend to be more satiric in tone, and she often parodies middle-class pretensions.

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The class is beginning to have international pretensions.

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They say she has pretensions of a literary nature.

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In terms of its pretensions, the capitalist system has failed.

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The sequence of monumental stairs followed by a state apartment was copied in smaller scale everywhere in aristocratic dwellings of any pretensions.

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He was uneasy about class pretensions and especially the idea of being above the men, yet his soldiers loved him deeply and praised him loudly.

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At the same time, he could be wittily ironic about society's pretensions, spoofing subjects like psychiatry, suburbanites and social climbing.

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They sought to create a forum without the pretension or curatorial constraints of the traditional art world.

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The school expanded across 5th avenue, one block to the north, building a two-story brick building that is strictly functional... with no architectural pretensions.

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