Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or quality of being conceited: an overweening estimate of one's self, especially of one's mental ability; conceit.
- noun Synonyms See
egotism .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state of being conceited; conceit; vanity.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state of being
conceited ;conceit ;vanity .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride
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Examples
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He'd love to write a collection of essays on speculative fiction and, in a fit of frenzied conceitedness, his long-suffering epic fantasy sequence about a wizard who tattooed souls.
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“Dear Diary, the top three least attractive qualities in a man are: patronizing me, the use of intimidation tactics, and conceitedness.”
Fatal Circle Linda Robertson 2010
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Somehow, she one-ups Kanye on the conceitedness factor here.
Taking sides: Who has the uglier album cover? Kanye West or Taylor Swift? Click Track 2010
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And by that I mean that she exhibits all the unearned conceitedness and spoiled-brat behavior that usually takes decades to really pull off properly.
Lindsay Lohan Continues To Reveal Her True Nature | Manolith 2010
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His fellow winners—there were originally ten—likewise were always grotesque parodies of childish vices such as greed, selfishness, conceitedness, television addiction, or being spoiled.
Storyteller Donald Sturrock 2010
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“Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood.”
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Their preference to be alone can come across as arrogance or conceitedness, but these qualities aren’t applicable.
Writer's Block: Year of the Ox girlwithoutfear 2009
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Their preference to be alone can come across as arrogance or conceitedness, but these qualities aren’t applicable.
Writer's Block: Year of the Ox girlwithoutfear 2009
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Apple is the Micorosft of the 2000s only there's still this air of conceitedness and snobbery that hasn't dulled despite the increase in perception of Apple's as common.
Bad Apple: An Argument Against Buying An iPhone | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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Yeah yeah either this is conceitedness or this is optimistic.
April 14 xbettylivesx 2008
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