pomposity

Also pomp·ous·ness

[pom-pos-i-tee]

noun

plural

pomposities 

1. the quality of being pompous.

2. pompous parading of dignity or importance.

3. an instance of being pompous, as by ostentatious loftiness of language, manner, or behavior.

pomposity

/ pɒmˈpɒsɪtɪ /

noun

1. vain or ostentatious display of dignity or importance

2. the quality of being pompous

3. ostentatiously lofty style, language, etc

4. a pompous action, remark, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of pomposity¹

1400–50; late Middle English pomposite < Late Latin pompōsitās. See pompous, -ity

Example Sentences

It sometimes has a humorous suggestion of pomposity or officiousness.

From BBC

The reason I started doing one word, sort of academic-style titles, was that I was sarcastically making fun of the pomposity of some comedians who think they’re doing lectures.

From Los Angeles Times

A humorist and actor, his folksy delivery artfully deflated politicians and pomposities.

From Los Angeles Times

His personality traits that alienate average Americans — his contempt, his pomposity, his unvarnished misogyny — are attractive in the upside-down world of MAGA.

From Salon

Don Wright, a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist whose pointed work punctured duplicity and pomposity and resonated with common-sense readers, died on March 24 at his home in Palm Beach, Fla. He was 90.

From New York Times

Related Words

• pretension