Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The character of being pompous; also, pompous conduct; magnificence; splendor; great display or show; ostentatiousness.
- noun Synonyms See
pompous .
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- noun The quality of being
pompous
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- noun lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
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These three events together, the Unwitting Thief, the Summers parody, and the Gore parody, point to a peculiar vacuum of confidence in the middle years of the last decade -- they also happen to be the time McEwan wrote Saturday, and it is not too much to claim that the fatal flaw in that book was a certain pompousness toward Western righteousness.
Anis Shivani: Why American Reviewers Disliked Ian McEwan's "Solar": And What That Says About the Cultural Establishment Anis Shivani 2010
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These three events together, the Unwitting Thief, the Summers parody, and the Gore parody, point to a peculiar vacuum of confidence in the middle years of the last decade -- they also happen to be the time McEwan wrote Saturday, and it is not too much to claim that the fatal flaw in that book was a certain pompousness toward Western righteousness.
Anis Shivani: Why American Reviewers Disliked Ian McEwan's "Solar": And What That Says About the Cultural Establishment Anis Shivani 2010
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These will not be numbered among the devotees of Waugh, and probably struggle with pompousness, may be cumbrous or even clumsy from time to time.
If I Could Have a Conversation about It: Decline and Fall « Unknowing 2010
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These three events together, the Unwitting Thief, the Summers parody, and the Gore parody, point to a peculiar vacuum of confidence in the middle years of the last decade -- they also happen to be the time McEwan wrote Saturday, and it is not too much to claim that the fatal flaw in that book was a certain pompousness toward Western righteousness.
Anis Shivani: Why American Reviewers Disliked Ian McEwan's "Solar": And What That Says About the Cultural Establishment Anis Shivani 2010
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I used the tactics of the author of this blog when I used sarcasm to point out the pompousness of his opinion.
The Human Spark James F. McGrath 2010
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The Treatise veers between the insecure pompousness and pompous insecurity of a man who dons bling on dirty fingers and then sets out to create the urtext of social seemliness.
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And that is what the book is really about: the pompousness and not-at-all pompousness of religion; or, to put it another way, the overwhelming bullshit and the overwhelming beauty of Jewishness, where Jewishness is a metaphor for human culture in general.
The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson Edward Docx 2010
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Grunge provided an opportunity, as punk had before, for separating the wheat from the chaffâannihilating acts that had truly been predicated on nothing but hairstyles and codpieces, and allowing reconsideration and critical filtering of arena rock, metal, and prog that might have been burdened with excessive pompousness and trippy kozmik imagery, but still possessed enduring value.
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It captured the frustrations of my peers so accurately, despite all its moral pompousness, that I felt nauseous.
Maegan Carberry: Skyscrapers vs. Sunshine: A Bicoastal Craig's List Tale of Two Cities 2009
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Jack Donaghy is one of the funniest characters on TV and Baldwin plays him with just enough smarm and pompousness without overdoing it.
Emmy Picks 2007: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy | the TV addict 2007
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