Advancing of a claim (10)

I believe the answer is:

pretension

(Other definitions for pretension that I've seen before include "inappropriate style" , "A claim or aspiration (to something)" , "The ostentation" , "false claim" , "Show" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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