Conceit
[kən'siːt] or [kən'sit]
Definition
(noun.) the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride.
(noun.) an artistic device or effect; 'the architect's brilliant conceit was to build the house around the tree'.
(noun.) a witty or ingenious turn of phrase; 'he could always come up with some inspired off-the-wall conceit'.
(noun.) an elaborate poetic image or a far-fetched comparison of very dissimilar things.
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Definition
(n.) That which is conceived, imagined, or formed in the mind; idea; thought; image; conception.
(n.) Faculty of conceiving ideas; mental faculty; apprehension; as, a man of quick conceit.
(n.) Quickness of apprehension; active imagination; lively fancy.
(n.) A fanciful, odd, or extravagant notion; a quant fancy; an unnatural or affected conception; a witty thought or turn of expression; a fanciful device; a whim; a quip.
(n.) An overweening idea of one's self; vanity.
(n.) Design; pattern.
(v. t.) To conceive; to imagine.
(v. i.) To form an idea; to think.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Conception, image, notion, thought, fancy, imagination, idea, belief.[2]. Whim, vagary, illusion, freak of fancy.[3]. Opinion, estimate, estimation, judgment, impression.[4]. Vanity, conceitedness, egotism, bumptiousness, self-conceit, self-complacency, self-esteem, self-sufficiency, priggery.[5]. Quip, quirk, point, odd thought, odd turn, affected witticism.
Checker: Presley
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Idea, notion, thought, affectation, vanity, abstraction, imagination,conception, whim, vagary, egotism
ANT:Substance, reality, verity, concretion, body, fact, naturalness, simplicity,unaffectedness, humility
Typist: Lucinda
Definition
n. over-estimate of one's self: too favourable opinion of one's own good qualities: a pleasant fantastical or affected notion: wit: (Spens.) idea: (Shak.) understanding: estimate.—v.t. to conceive: to think.—adj. Conceit′ed clever witty fantastical (obs. uses): having a high opinion of one's self: egotistical.—adv. Conceit′edly.—n. Conceit′edness.—adj. Conceit′less (Shak.) without conceit stupid.—Out of conceit with no longer fond of.
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Examples
- What I mean is, Lizzie, that I am a mere impertinent piece of conceit, and you shame me. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Your eccentricity and conceit touch the verge of frenzy. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- No, it is not selfishness or conceit, said he, answering, as was his wont, my thoughts rather than my words. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- This conceit, however, is no more reasonable than any of the foregoing. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- To these pangs were added the loss of Perdita, lost through my own accursed self-will and conceit. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- His wooden conceit and craft kept exact pace with the delighted expectation of his victim. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- They must have a sense of security, but not a conceit of superiority. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Is THAT spiritual, her bullying, her conceit, her sordid materialism? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- And as to conceit, he is the farthest from it of any man I know. Jane Austen. Emma.
- In the degree in which the individual rather than reason knew, conceit, error, and opinion were substituted for true knowledge. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- If I ever had any conceit, it vanished from my boots up. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I hope it has done you good--ta'en some of the self-conceit out of you? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- His conceit was so enormous, life was made a burden to him by all the boys around the laboratory. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Muck their egotism and their selfishness and their selfishness and their egotism and their conceit and their treachery. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The Brahmins, who had the monopoly of teaching among the Hindus, had all the conceit and slackness of hereditary privilege. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- You see what my daughters are, Miss Helstone, observed Mrs. Yorke; how precociously wise in their own conceits! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- False and boastful conceits and phrases mount upwards and take their place. Plato. The Republic.
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