conceitedness
Example Sentences
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When Viv Richards displayed the same lofty on-field hauteur, few English supporters ever considered it pomposity or conceitedness.
From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2013
To the excessive self-love, intemperance, conceitedness, and want of foresight which had characterized all his actions, the unhappy Albert had to ascribe his present situation.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 by Rossiter Johnson
How much more heavenly and powerful would beauty prove, if it were not so frequently impaired by the affectation and conceitedness of its possessor!
From ?sop's Fables, Embellished with One Hundred and Eleven Emblematical Devices. by ?sop
To desire to live everlastingly as an identical individual, it has been said, is the ecstasy and culmination of avaricious conceitedness.
From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by William Rounseville Alger
If he spoke in that manner, he might indeed be ridiculed for conceitedness and presumption, but his language is not altogether a fool’s.
From Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection by Walter Savage Landor