Pretension /(?)/

Pre·ten·sion

Pretension

n.
  1. The act of pretending, or laying claim; the act of asserting right or title.
    The arrogant pretensions of Glengarry contributed to protract the discussion.
  2. A claim made, whether true or false; a right alleged or assumed; a holding out the appearance of possessing a certain character; as, pretensions to scholarship.
    This was but an invention and pretension given out by the Spaniards.
    Men indulge those opinions and practices that favor their pretensions.