self-importance
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noun \-im-ˈpȯr-tən(t)s, -tən(t)s\Definition of SELF-IMPORTANCE
1
: an exaggerated estimate of one's own importance : self-conceit
2
: arrogant or pompous behavior
See First Known Use of SELF-IMPORTANCE
1754
Related to SELF-IMPORTANCE
- Synonyms
- assumption, bumptiousness, consequence, haughtiness, hauteur, high horse, huffiness, imperiousness, loftiness, lordliness, masterfulness, peremptoriness, pomposity, pompousness, presumptuousness, pretense (or pretence), pretension, pretentiousness, self-consequence, self-importance, superciliousness, superiority, toploftiness
- Antonyms
- humility, modesty, unassumingness, unpretentiousness
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