Ostentation

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. The act of ostentating or of making an ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade; -- usually in a detractive sense. "Much ostentation vain of fleshly arm." Milton. He knew that good and bountiful minds were sometimes inclined to ostentation. Atterbury.

2. A show or spectacle. [Obs.] Shak.

Synonyms: Parade; pageantry; show; pomp; pompousness; vaunting; boasting. See Parade.