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| OSTENTATION Definition: (disapproving) An exaggerated display of wealth, knowledge or skill that is made in order to impress people. ______________________________________________________________________ * All six elements would be in. 1. Purposeful and necessary (to emphasize). 2. Display is seen by the people it is meant to impress. __________________________________ Quote: The charity that hastens to proclaim its good deeds, ceases to be charity, and is only pride and ostentation". - William Hutton. | ||
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| 3. Exhibition lasts for a period of time, not a brief moment. In other words, content, quantity, etc., are able to impress, because the display is for an adequate length of time. 4. Display is sustained or sustainable. That is, richness, education and ability are of the highest quality. __________________________________ Quote: "Pride is the master sin of the devil, and the devil is the father of lies". - Edwin Hubble Chapin. further below the line 5. Wealth, knowledge or skill were genuinely obtained. 6. 'Show' achieves objective(s), for the 'show-off' guy. ____________________________________ Quote: "That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty". - Seneca. |
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