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Pretendership :: Pretendership (n.) The character, right, or claim of a pretender..

Pretendant :: Pretendant (n.) A pretender; a claimant.

Ignoramus :: Ignoramus (n.) A stupid, ignorant person; a vain pretender to knowledge; a dunce..

Pretender :: Pretender (n.) One who pretends, simulates, or feigns..

Quack :: Quack (v. i.) To act the part of a quack, or pretender..

Politicaster :: Politicaster (n.) A petty politician; a pretender in politics.

Pansophical :: Pansophical (a.) All-wise; claiming universal knowledge; as, pansophical pretenders..

Hypocrite :: Hypocrite (n.) One who plays a part; especially, one who, for the purpose of winning approbation of favor, puts on a fair outside seeming; one who feigns to be other and better than he is; a false pretender to virtue or piety; one who simulates virtue or piety..

Coxcomb :: Coxcomb (n.) A vain, showy fellow; a conceited, silly man, fond of display; a superficial pretender to knowledge or accomplishments; a fop..

Grammaticaster :: Grammaticaster (n.) A petty grammarian; a grammatical pedant or pretender.

Impostor :: Impostor (n.) One who imposes upon others; a person who assumes a character or title not his own, for the purpose of deception; a pretender..

Illuminate :: Illuminate (n.) One who enlightened; esp., a pretender to extraordinary light and knowledge..

Philosophist :: Philosophist (n.) A pretender in philosophy.

Philosophaster :: Philosophaster (n.) A pretender to philosophy.

Adventurer :: Adventurer (n.) A social pretender on the lookout for advancement.

Psilosopher :: Psilosopher (n.) A superficial or narrow pretender to philosophy; a sham philosopher.

Empiric :: Empiric (n.) One who confines himself to applying the results of mere experience or his own observation; especially, in medicine, one who deviates from the rules of science and regular practice; an ignorant and unlicensed pretender; a quack; a charlatan..

Mountebank :: Mountebank (n.) Any boastful or false pretender; a charlatan; a quack.

Pretender :: Pretender (n.) One who lays claim, or asserts a title (to something); a claimant..

Pedant :: Pedant (n.) One who puts on an air of learning; one who makes a vain display of learning; a pretender to superior knowledge.

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