pomposity
noun
the quality of being pompous.
pomposities
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pluralof pomposity.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Rebellious colonists skewered British taxation policies, military blunders and parliamentary pomposities through plays, songs and cartoons that rallied others to the cause of independence and made mass mobilization fun.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2025
“Love’s Labor’s Lost,” with or without the British “u,” is a very youthful, disjointed text, its thin thread of plot repeatedly cut by clowns, dullards, puns, pomposities and noodling that goes nowhere.
From New York Times ● Jul. 27, 2023
From time to time, Mr. Leo devoted his column to skewering the conventions and pomposities of journalistic prose.
From Washington Post ● May 13, 2022
In the Persia of the time, you couldn’t speak or write about the Shah openly, so he called him Marjoribanks, a silly name to make fun of pomposities.
From Salon ● Feb. 4, 2013
Whatever its faults may be, it is simple and natural, and its tender little melodies fell pleasantly upon ears too well accustomed to the pomposities of Rameau and his school.
From The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. by J. A. Fuller-Maitland
