Meaning & use
Pompousness
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The quality of being pompous; exaggerated self-importance shown in behavior or speech.
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His pompousness at the meeting alienated even his closest colleagues.
The novel satirizes the pompousness of the Victorian upper classes.
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"Pompousness" and "pomposity" are largely interchangeable, though "pomposity" is the more commonly used form in formal writing.
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