A trained engineer, he was the cousin-brother of steel magnate and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie , and a partner in the Carnegie Steel Corporation , a forerunner of U.S. Steel . Early years George Lauder was the son of George Lauder, Sr . and Seaton Morrison.
pretentious. adjective. 1  Claiming that or behaving as if one is important or deserving of merit when such is not the case: a pretentious socialite. 2  Showing or betraying an attitude of superiority: made pretentious remarks about his education.
pretension Pretension is what you're guilty of when you boorishly try to impress other people with how important or clever you are. When you speak with pretension, you're boastful and you puff yourself up as someone very important or of great worth. If you have literary pretentions, you mostly likely think you're a great writer, but you most likely are not. As you might imagine, this word has the same Latin roots as pretend and pretense.