self-conceit

Noun

Meaning

Conceit of one's self; an overweening opinion of one's powers or endowments.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

pride arrogance self-esteem egoism vanity conceit complacency egotism swagger vainglory pomposity hubris narcissism self-love self-satisfaction

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Antonyms

reserve constraint humility modesty benevolence shyness

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Examples

Self-conceit may lead to self destruction. Aesop

Whenever nature leaves a hole in a person's mind, she generally plasters it over with a thick coat of self-conceit. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

What is the first business of one who practices philosophy? To get rid of self-conceit. For it is impossible for anyone to begin to learn that which he thinks he already knows. Epictetus

Love, when it is ours, is the other name for self-abnegation and sacrifice. When it belongs to people across the airshaft it means arrogance and self-conceit. O. Henry

Self-conceit is the enemy of progress. Bion of Borysthenes

Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction. American Proverb

Close letter words and terms

self-composedly self-composedness self-conceipt self-conceited self-conceitedly self-concept