[1014] conceit

[보카길라잡이]

n.

1. A favorable and especially unduly high opinion of one's own abilities or worth.
2. An ingenious or witty turn of phrase or thought.
3. 1. A fanciful poetic image, especially an elaborate or exaggerated comparison.
   2. A poem or passage consisting of such an image.
4. 1. The result of intellectual activity; a thought or an opinion.
   2. A fanciful thought or idea.
5. 1. A fancy article; a knickknack.
   2. An extravagant, fanciful, and elaborate construction or structure: “An eccentric addition to the lobby is a life-size wooden horse, a 19th century conceit” (Mimi Sheraton).

conceit

n 1: feelings of excessive pride [syn: amour propre, self-love, vanity]

2: the trait of being vain and conceited [syn: vanity]

Synonyms: conceit, egoism, egotism, narcissism, vanity
These nouns denote excessive high regard for oneself: boasting that reveals conceit; imperturbable egoism; arrogance and egotism that were obvious from her actions; narcissism that shut out everyone else; wounded his vanity by looking in the mirror.
Antonyms: humility

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