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conceit
Synonyms and Antonyms of conceit
1
an elaborate or fanciful way of expressing something
figure of speech
2
a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality
castle in Spain, castle in the air
3
an often unjustified feeling of being pleased with oneself or with oneʼs situation or achievements
amour propre, bighead, complacence, complacency, conceitedness, ego, egotism, pomposity, pompousness, pride, pridefulness, self-admiration, self-assumption, self-conceit, self-congratulation, self-esteem, self-glory, self-importance, self-love, self-opinion, self-satisfaction, smugness, swelled head, swellheadedness, vaingloriousness, vainglory, vainness, vanity
assurance, confidence, self-assurance, self-confidence
arrogance, disdainfulness, haughtiness, imperiousness, lordliness, self-assertion, snobbishness, superciliousness, superiority
hubris, overconfidence, presumption
pretense (or pretence), pretension, pretentiousness
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