the laying of a claim to something.

a claim or title to something.

Often, pretensions. a claim made, esp. indirectly or by implication, to some quality, merit, or the like

They laughed at my pretensions to superior judgment.

a claim to dignity, importance, or merit.

pretentiousness.

the act of pretending or alleging.

an allegation of doubtful veracity.

a pretext.

noun

honesty , humility , truth

noun

affectation , big talk * , charade , conceit , disguise , fake * , false front * , front , hypocrisy , ostentation , phony , pomposity , pretentiousness , put-on , self-importance , show , showboat , showiness , showoff , snobbery , splash * , vainglory , vanity , allegation , ambition , ambitiousness , aspiration , assumption , declaration , demand , maintenance , make-believe , pageant , pretense , pretext , profession , title , grandioseness , grandiosity , pompousness , airs , claim , ostentatious , snobbishness