self-importance
Example Sentences
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Does a full bookshelf convey intellectual curiosity and open-mindedness, or immodesty and self-importance?
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026
The regime’s strategic and ideological self-importance will necessarily dwindle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
But search results showed criteria for narcissistic personality disorder, a condition marked by unreasonably high self-importance, pathological need for admiration, and a lack of empathy.
From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2025
Ohtani doesn’t walk around with the self-importance of a player who signed a $700-million contract over the winter, and his low-key demeanor has won over many of the people who share his new workspace.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2024
Levitte the perfumer is flabby and plump, basted in his own self-importance.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
Vocabulary lists containing self-importance
Selection Vocabulary 4, Unit 4
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Selection Vocabulary 3, Unit 6
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