Definition of Ostentation
Ostentation
The act of ostentating or of making an ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade; -- usually in a detractive sense.
A show or spectacle.
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Ostentation Quotations
Fashion for the most part is nothing but the ostentation of riches.
John Locke
Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood.
William Penn
That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Ostentation is the signal flag of hypocrisy.
Edwin Hubbel Chapin
I don't do marriage. I think it's incredibly naff. And I don't like vulgar displays of ostentation.
Jenny Eclair
Nobility of spirit has more to do with simplicity than ostentation, wisdom rather than wealth, commitment rather than ambition.
Riccardo Muti
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Ostentation Translations
ostentation in French is exhibition
ostentation in German is Zurschaustellung, Schaustellung
ostentation in Italian is ostentazione
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