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Conceit   /kənsˈit/   Listen
Conceit

noun
1.
Feelings of excessive pride.  Synonyms: amour propre, self-love, vanity.
2.
An elaborate poetic image or a far-fetched comparison of very dissimilar things.
3.
A witty or ingenious turn of phrase.
4.
An artistic device or effect.
5.
The trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride.  Synonyms: conceitedness, vanity.





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"Conceit" Quotes from Famous Books



... say: "At any rate, we might moderate somewhat the splendour of our ideal and the audacity of our self-conceit, so that there should be a less grotesque disparity between the aim and the achievement. Surely such moderation would be more in accord with common sense! Surely it would lessen the spiritual fatigue and disappointment caused by sterile endeavour!" It would. But just try to moderate ...
— The Feast of St. Friend • Arnold Bennett
... she means to be, but when she wants to deprive you of good times with other girls, or is jealous of your friendship for them, she is encouraging conceit and selfishness. I'm glad you asked me about the way I feel toward Agnes, for it makes me see that I am by no means the true friend I ought to be. If I loved her as I should, I'd want her to have all the good ...
— A Dear Little Girl's Thanksgiving Holidays • Amy E. Blanchard
... the room where Yeager was detained. His greedy little eyes sparkled; his face exuded malice and self-conceit. ...
— Steve Yeager • William MacLeod Raine
... in the King, must have made her the happiest that ever was, if relying less on her Merit, or warned by a recent Experience, she had guarded against some of her own Sex, whom she must think envied her Elevation, and watch'd her Ruin; but as an illusory Conceit that a Passion which had subsisted for many Years, would never be extinguished, brought her into the very Misfortune from which Leutinemil's ...
— The Amours of Zeokinizul, King of the Kofirans - Translated from the Arabic of the famous Traveller Krinelbol • Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crbillon
... irreverent remarks of Bob Ingersoll have fallen harmlessly upon the minds of our people. The flippant sneers and wicked sarcasms of the modern infidel, wise in his own conceit, have alike passed over our heads without damage or disaster. These times that have tried men's souls have only rooted us more firmly in the faith, and united us more closely as ...
— Remarks • Bill Nye


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