Hyphenation of pretension

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word pretension? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

pre-ten-sion

Definitions of pretension:

1.
A false or unsupportable quality
2.
The advancing of a claim
His pretension to the crown The town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort
3.
The quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)

Synonyms of pretension:

noun pretense, pretence, artificiality
noun claim
noun pretentiousness, unnaturalness

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