self-importance
Example Sentences
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Few sports topics are as reliably ponderous, full of arid data, self-importance and opinions that only make sense to the voters holding them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 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
By the next scene, we see that Little Bill has grabbed the spotlight for himself, ballooning into a gasbag of self-importance.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2025
The project enabled the photographer to "get a bit of his swagger back, a bit of his artistic self-importance, which is nice to see," Dr Kyneswood said.
From BBC • Jan. 2, 2024
“We’ll take care of her, Laila jan,” one of the women said with an air of self-importance.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
Vocabulary lists containing self-importance
Selection Vocabulary 4, Unit 4
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Selection Vocabulary 3, Unit 6
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