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conceit

[kuhn-seet] / kənˈsit /


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“This is Bob Dylan with ‘The Disease of Conceit.’

From Washington Times • Jun. 18, 2020

He added: “Talent is God-given. Be humble. Fame is man-made. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.”

From Seattle Times • Jul. 29, 2018

For Rajan Menon, author of The Conceit of Humanitarian Intervention, the main barrier to peace is the fact that “society has no skin in the game of war in this country.”

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2017

Try the Road to Serfdom, and if you've read that, the Fatal Conceit.

From Economist • Dec. 18, 2013

Whereupon he answered me that so light was my weight, that his Heart was the Heavier for the Putting of me down, which was a Conceit not reasonable but most kindly intended.

From A Christmas Accident and Other Stories by Trumbull, Annie Eliot




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