conceit
[noun]
Synonyms:
- self-importance, arrogance, egotism, narcissism, pride, swagger, vanity
- fancy, fantasy, image, whim, whimsy

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Antonyms: modesty
Contrasted words: humbleness, humility, self-depreciation, unpretentiousness
Related Words: assurance, pomposity, self-partiality, smugness, stuffiness

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

con‧ceit /kənˈsiːt/ noun
[Date: 1600-1700; Origin: conceit 'thought, opinion' (14-19 centuries), from conceive, on the model of deceive, deceit]

1. [uncountable] an attitude that shows you have too high an opinion of your own abilities or importance Synonym : conceitedness:
The conceit of the woman!

2. [countable] technical an unusual way of showing or describing something in a play, film, work of art etc:
His sermons were full of puns and conceits.

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