Ostentation

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German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin ostentātio.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɔstɛntaˈt͡si̯oːn/
  • Hyphenation: Os‧ten‧ta‧ti‧on

Noun

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Ostentation f (genitive Ostentation, plural Ostentationen)

  1. (higher register) ostentation
    • 1911, Lily Braun, Memoiren einer Sozialistin [Memoirs of a Woman Socialist]‎[1], Kampfjahre, München: Albert Langen:
      Mit einer gewissen Ostentation zogen sich die Menschen von mir zurück.
      With a certain ostentation, the people withdrew from me.

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Further reading

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