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conceit — excessive pride in oneself or one's achievements; vanity

Part of speech: NOUN

Definition: excessive pride in oneself or one's achievements; vanity

Pronunciation (IPA): /kənˈsiːt/

Example Sentences

  • His conceit was so obvious that even his mirror started rolling its eyes.
  • The CEO's conceit blinded him to the company's real problems.
  • She had the conceit to think she could learn piano in a week.

conceit

NOUN

[/kənˈsiːt/]

excessive pride in oneself or one's achievements; vanity

The ordinary man looked in the mirror, but his blind conceit made him see a golden king.
💡 Concept

The ordinary man looked in the mirror, but his blind conceit made him see a golden king.

CON(cone) + CEIT(seat) — sitting in the royal CEIT wearing a silly CONe perfectly showed his conceit.
🧠 Mnemonic

CON(cone) + CEIT(seat) — sitting in the royal CEIT wearing a silly CONe perfectly showed his conceit.

Blinded by his own conceit, the arrogant fighter suffered an immediate defeat.
🎵 Rhyme

Blinded by his own conceit, the arrogant fighter suffered an immediate defeat.

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🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/kənˈsiːt/
🇬🇧 UK/kənˈsiːt/

🌳Etymology

Rootconcept
Suffix--t

🎵Rhyme

deceitreceiptcompetecomplete
deceit
receipt
compete
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🔗Collocations

full of conceit
artistic conceit
literary conceit
wounded conceit
personal conceit
conceited manner

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

“His conceit was so obvious that even his mirror started rolling its eyes.”

“The CEO's conceit blinded him to the company's real problems.”

“She had the conceit to think she could learn piano in a week.”

“The novel's clever conceit made time travel seem believable.”

📚Related Words

Synonyms

vanityarroganceprideegonarcissism

Antonyms

humilitymodestymeekness

Related

conceitedconceptconceivehubrispretension

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