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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conceit, egotism |
| Synonyms: | affectation, airs, arrogance, big-headedness, conceitedness, display, ego trip, narcissism, ostentation, pretension, pride, self-admiration, self-love, self-worship, show*, showing off, smugness, vainglory |
| Antonyms: | modesty |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Main Entry: | arrogance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | exaggerated self-opinion |
| Synonyms: | airs, aloofness, audacity, bluster, braggadocio, brass, cheek, chutzpah*, conceit, conceitedness, contemptuousness, crust, disdain, disdainfulness, ego, egotism, gall, haughtiness, hauteur, high-handedness, hubris, imperiousness, insolence, loftiness, nerve, ostentation, overbearance, pomposity, pompousness, presumption, pretension, pretentiousness, pride, priggishness, scornfulness, self-importance, self-love, smugness, superciliousness, swagger, vanity |
| Antonyms: | humility, meekness, servility |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | conceit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | egotism |
| Synonyms: | amour-propre, arrogance, complacence, complacency, consequence, immodesty, narcissism, outrecuidance, pomposity, pride, self-admiration, self-conceit, self-exaltation, self-importance, self-love, self-regard, smugness, snottiness, stuffiness, swagger, swelled head, vainglory, vainness, vanity |
| Antonyms: | humility, meekness, modesty, self-consciousness, shyness, timidity, unself-confidence |
| Main Entry: | display |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | public showing; spectacle |
| Synonyms: | act, affectation, arrangement, array, arrayal, blaze, bravura, dash, demonstration, example, exhibit, exhibition, expo, exposition, exposure, fanfare, flourish, for show, frame-up, frippery, front, grandstand play, layout, manifestation, ostentation, ostentatiousness, pageant, panorama, parade, pedantry, pomp, presentation, pretension, pretentiousness, revelation, sample, scheme, shine, showboat, splash, splendor, splurge, spread, unfolding, vanity |
| Antonyms: | hiding |
| Main Entry: | egoism/egotism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | self-centeredness |
| Synonyms: | arrogance, assurance, boastfulness, boasting, bragging, conceit, conceitedness, egocentricity, egomania, gasconade, haughtiness, insolence, megalomania, narcissism, ostentation, overconfidence, preoccupation with self, presumption, pride, self-absorption, self-admiration, self-confidence, self-importance, self-interest, self-love, self-possession, self-regard, self-worship, selfishness, superiority, swellheadedness, vainglory, vanity, vaunting |
| Antonyms: | altruism, humility, selflessness |
| Main Entry: | hauteur |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arrogance |
| Synonyms: | airs, audacity, conceit, conceitedness, condescension, contempt, disdain, disdainfulness, egotism, gall, haughtiness, high-handedness, nerve, pomposity, pompousness, presumption, pride, self-importance, snobbishness, vanity |
| Main Entry: | hubris |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arrogance |
| Synonyms: | airs, audacity, brass, cheek, chutzpah*, cockiness, conceitedness, contemptuousness, disdain, insolence, loftiness, nerve, ostentation, overbearance, pomposity, pompousness, presumption, pretension, pretentiousness, self-importance, vanity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pretension |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | airs, snobbishness |
| Synonyms: | affectation, big talk, charade, conceit, disguise, fake*, false front, front, hypocrisy, ostentation, phony, pomposity, pretentiousness, put-on, self-importance, show, showboat, showiness, showoff, snobbery, splash*, vainglory, vanity |
| Antonyms: | honesty, humility |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pride |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arrogance, self-importance |
| Synonyms: | airs, assumption, big-headedness, cockiness, conceit, condescension, contumely, disdain, disdainfulness, egoism, egotism, haughtiness, hauteur, hubris, huff, immodesty, insolence, loftiness, narcissism, overconfidence, patronage, pragmatism, presumption, pretension, pretentiousness, proud flesh, self-exaltation, self-love, smugness, snobbery, superbity, superciliousness, swagger, swelled head, vainglory, vanity |
| Antonyms: | humility, modesty, shyness, timidity |
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