unpretentiousness

noun

The state or condition of being unpretentious.

Opposite
pretentiousness
Scrabble 19
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Meanings

noununpretentiousness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe state or condition of being unpretentious.

    Politicians are often vain, obsessing about their image. Merkel is too objective for that. She cares about results and little else. A German writer observed in a tribute on her fiftieth birthday that unpretentiousness is Merkel's main weapon.

    2016, Ryan Holiday, Ego is the Enemy, page 147

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe quality of being natural and without pretensions

Opposite
pretentiousness
Broader
naturalness

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From unpretentious + -ness.

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Translations

Finnish vaatimattomuus
  • vaatimattomuusTranslations
Polish bezpretensjonalność
  • bezpretensjonalnośćTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

unpretentiousness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpretentiousness

MLA

“unpretentiousness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpretentiousness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unpretentiousness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpretentiousness.

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