Conceit
noun
A too high opinion of yourself.
He is full of conceit.
Often appears as...
- full of conceit
- his conceit knows no bounds
noun
A clever or surprising comparison or idea.
Her book is a conceit on the theme of transformation.
Often appears as...
- literary conceit
- complex conceit
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Literary
noun
An artistic effect or device.
The film's conceit is quite original.
Often appears as...
- ingenious conceit
- central conceit
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Academic
noun
A too high opinion of yourself.
He is full of conceit.
Often appears as...
- full of conceit
- his conceit knows no bounds
noun
A clever or surprising comparison or idea.
Her book is a conceit on the theme of transformation.
Often appears as...
- literary conceit
- complex conceit
Usage tips
Literary
noun
An artistic effect or device.
The film's conceit is quite original.
Often appears as...
- ingenious conceit
- central conceit
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Using 'conceit' in this sense often implies criticism of someone's excessive pride.
His conceit blinds him to his flaws.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotionally Charged
'Conceit' can evoke strong emotions when describing someone's inflated self-image.
She stormed off, her conceit wounded by the blunt feedback.
Pro Tip 3/3Often Offensive
Calling someone 'full of conceit' may be offensive and should be used with caution.
They avoided him due to his off-putting conceit.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Using 'conceit' in this sense often implies criticism of someone's excessive pride.
His conceit blinds him to his flaws.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotionally Charged
'Conceit' can evoke strong emotions when describing someone's inflated self-image.
She stormed off, her conceit wounded by the blunt feedback.
Pro Tip 3/3Often Offensive
Calling someone 'full of conceit' may be offensive and should be used with caution.
They avoided him due to his off-putting conceit.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Using 'conceit' in this sense often implies criticism of someone's excessive pride.
His conceit blinds him to his flaws.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotionally Charged
'Conceit' can evoke strong emotions when describing someone's inflated self-image.
She stormed off, her conceit wounded by the blunt feedback.
Pro Tip 3/3Often Offensive
Calling someone 'full of conceit' may be offensive and should be used with caution.
They avoided him due to his off-putting conceit.
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Murray Gell-Mann: Beauty...
Now, who today would claim that as a mere conceit of the human mind? That the force that causes the apple to fall to the ground is the same force that causes the planets and the moon to move around, and so on? Everybody knows that. It's a property of gravitation.
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Why we need the...
suspended in a sunbeam. It's been said that astronomy's a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility
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A plant's-eye view -...
have found although it's really nothing more than a literary conceit it's not a technology is very powerful for I think changing our relationship to the natural world and to the other species on whom we depend and that tool is very simply
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How Dolly Parton led me...
She started every interview this Dolly Ask me whatever you ask me, and I'm going to tell you what I want you to hear. She is undeniably a force of nature. But the problem that I ran into is that I had chosen a conceit for this series
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Mark Pagel: How language...
is a fable and warning about the power of language. According to that story, early humans developed the conceit that, by using their language to work together, they could build a tower that would take them all the way to heaven.
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Michael Pollan: A...
and tell you about a tool, a very simple tool that I have found. Although it's really nothing more than a literary conceit; it's not a technology. It's very powerful for, I think, changing our relationship to the natural world
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Dan Barber: A surprising...
You fence in animals. You electrify the inside. He doesn't. He electrifies only the outside. Why? Because he said to me that he felt like the geese -- and he proved this actually, not just a conceit, he proved this --
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The Likability Dilemma...
I've wasted a lot of time worrying about how I am perceived. If I ask a lot of questions, will you find me combative? If I tell you about an accomplishment I'm proud of, you might think I'm conceited.
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After the Avalanche:...
"There is perhaps no better demonstration "of the folly of human conceits "than this distant image of our tiny world. "To me, it underscores our responsibility "to deal more kindly with one another,
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Steven Pinker: What our...
Now, this is one model of how language comes to namely, it's legislated by an academy. But anyone who looks at language realizes that this is a rather silly conceit,
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Murray Gell-Mann: Beauty...
Now, who today would claim that as a mere conceit of the human mind? That the force that causes the apple to fall to the ground is the same force that causes the planets and the moon to move around, and so on? Everybody knows that. It's a property of gravitation.
Video examples
Why we need the...
suspended in a sunbeam. It's been said that astronomy's a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility
Video examples
A plant's-eye view -...
have found although it's really nothing more than a literary conceit it's not a technology is very powerful for I think changing our relationship to the natural world and to the other species on whom we depend and that tool is very simply
Video examples
How Dolly Parton led me...
She started every interview this Dolly Ask me whatever you ask me, and I'm going to tell you what I want you to hear. She is undeniably a force of nature. But the problem that I ran into is that I had chosen a conceit for this series
Video examples
Mark Pagel: How language...
is a fable and warning about the power of language. According to that story, early humans developed the conceit that, by using their language to work together, they could build a tower that would take them all the way to heaven.
Video examples
Michael Pollan: A...
and tell you about a tool, a very simple tool that I have found. Although it's really nothing more than a literary conceit; it's not a technology. It's very powerful for, I think, changing our relationship to the natural world
Video examples
Dan Barber: A surprising...
You fence in animals. You electrify the inside. He doesn't. He electrifies only the outside. Why? Because he said to me that he felt like the geese -- and he proved this actually, not just a conceit, he proved this --
Video examples
The Likability Dilemma...
I've wasted a lot of time worrying about how I am perceived. If I ask a lot of questions, will you find me combative? If I tell you about an accomplishment I'm proud of, you might think I'm conceited.
Video examples
After the Avalanche:...
"There is perhaps no better demonstration "of the folly of human conceits "than this distant image of our tiny world. "To me, it underscores our responsibility "to deal more kindly with one another,
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Steven Pinker: What our...
Now, this is one model of how language comes to namely, it's legislated by an academy. But anyone who looks at language realizes that this is a rather silly conceit,
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Jamal Crawford
American Athlete
I feel like I can get any shot I want. That's not to sound cocky or conceited. It's because I've played basketball basically every day of my life. So at some point, I've taken just about every shot there is. I've figured out the angles, almost like a pool shark. I know where to use the glass, which dribble I need and which spot I want to reach.
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Kourtney Kardashian
American Celebrity
Motherhood has most definitely changed me and my life. It's so crazy how drastic even the small details change - in such an amazing way. Even silly things, like the fact that all of my pictures on my cell phone used to be of me at photo shoots - conceited, I know! - but now every single picture on my phone is of Mason.
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Willa Cather
American Author
Sometimes a neighbor whom we have disliked a lifetime for his arrogance and conceit lets fall a single commonplace remark that shows us another side, another man, really; a man uncertain, and puzzled, and in the dark like ourselves.
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Zoe Kravitz
American Actress
In high school, I had a really difficult time just loving myself. It's weird; I feel like in the world we live in today, you're not supposed to be like, 'I'm beautiful,' like that's a conceited thing to say.
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David Leitch
American Actor
Atomic Blonde' is about the characters' bigger existential crisis and their world. It's not so much the conceit of the spy game; it's more that being a spy sucks. But we're going to make it fun to watch.
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Max Minghella
English Actor
I think it'd be pretty unrealistic to think we're the only planet in the world with thinking beings. It's kind of a strange conceit. Especially given how many universes there must be.
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Rory MacLean
Canadian Historian
To me, Berlin is as much a conceit as a reality. Why? Because the city is forever in the process of becoming, never being, and so lives more powerfully in the imagination.
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James Laughlin
American Poet
With me it's the whole thing, it's the conceit, the idea, what the poem is saying. And it goes on just as long as is necessary to say what needs to be said.
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John Wooden
American Coach
Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
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Frank Shamrock
American Mixed Martial Artist
Am I cocky or conceited? I'm definitely cocky. But at the root is confidence and humility.
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Jamal Crawford
American Athlete
I feel like I can get any shot I want. That's not to sound cocky or conceited. It's because I've played basketball basically every day of my life. So at some point, I've taken just about every shot there is. I've figured out the angles, almost like a pool shark. I know where to use the glass, which dribble I need and which spot I want to reach.
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Kourtney Kardashian
American Celebrity
Motherhood has most definitely changed me and my life. It's so crazy how drastic even the small details change - in such an amazing way. Even silly things, like the fact that all of my pictures on my cell phone used to be of me at photo shoots - conceited, I know! - but now every single picture on my phone is of Mason.
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Willa Cather
American Author
Sometimes a neighbor whom we have disliked a lifetime for his arrogance and conceit lets fall a single commonplace remark that shows us another side, another man, really; a man uncertain, and puzzled, and in the dark like ourselves.
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Zoe Kravitz
American Actress
In high school, I had a really difficult time just loving myself. It's weird; I feel like in the world we live in today, you're not supposed to be like, 'I'm beautiful,' like that's a conceited thing to say.
Quote examples
David Leitch
American Actor
Atomic Blonde' is about the characters' bigger existential crisis and their world. It's not so much the conceit of the spy game; it's more that being a spy sucks. But we're going to make it fun to watch.
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Max Minghella
English Actor
I think it'd be pretty unrealistic to think we're the only planet in the world with thinking beings. It's kind of a strange conceit. Especially given how many universes there must be.
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Rory MacLean
Canadian Historian
To me, Berlin is as much a conceit as a reality. Why? Because the city is forever in the process of becoming, never being, and so lives more powerfully in the imagination.
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James Laughlin
American Poet
With me it's the whole thing, it's the conceit, the idea, what the poem is saying. And it goes on just as long as is necessary to say what needs to be said.
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John Wooden
American Coach
Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
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Frank Shamrock
American Mixed Martial Artist
Am I cocky or conceited? I'm definitely cocky. But at the root is confidence and humility.
Example 1 of 10
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