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
She seemed anxious to improve the opportunity of my visit to the best purpose for her own and her parents’ sake; yet there was nothing of unbecoming forwardness, no self-sufficiency or conceitedness in her conduct.
From The Dairyman's Daughter by Richmond, Legh
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 Landor, Walter Savage
She gave a triumphant laugh, so naïve and full of ingenuous conceitedness that Gaga was overcome afresh with admiration.
From Coquette by Swinnerton, Frank
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 Alger, William Rounseville