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    Ostentation , n. [L. ostentatio: cf. F. ostentation.]
    1.  The act of ostentating or of making an ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade; -- usually in a detractive sense. “Much ostentation vain of fleshly arm.” 
      Milton.

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      He knew that good and bountiful minds were sometimes inclined to ostentation.
      Atterbury.

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    2. A show or spectacle. [Obs.]
      Shak.

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      Syn. -- Parade; pageantry; show; pomp; pompousness; vaunting; boasting. See Parade.
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