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as in metaphor
an elaborate or fanciful way of expressing something
the conceit that the crowd at the outdoor rock concert was a vast sea of people waving to the beat of the music
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as in illusion
a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality
his dream of swimming in the Olympics is nothing more than a conceit
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as in vanity
an often unjustified feeling of being pleased with oneself or with one's situation or achievements
even though her novels are enormously popular, the writer is more prone to humility than to conceit
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as in to imagine
to form a mental picture of
after a huge meal like that, I cannot conceit eating another thing for the rest of the day
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Recent Examples of conceit
Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2025
The conceit: Participating companies are given 48 hours to craft a new, 10-minute production and then perform it multiple times on the event’s concluding day.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2025
But a report in the Daily Beast said that the president’s idea to reopen Alcatraz could have come from his son, Donald Trump Jr., who floated the conceit on X in late January.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 5 May 2025
The opera house conceit could have slipped into costume-party territory, but instead delivers surprising depth.
—Paul Jebara, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Notably, The Pitt operates with a conceit that ER does not: The entire season takes place in one daylong period.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2025
The conceit: Participating companies are given 48 hours to craft a new, 10-minute production and then perform it multiple times on the event’s concluding day.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2025
But a report in the Daily Beast said that the president’s idea to reopen Alcatraz could have come from his son, Donald Trump Jr., who floated the conceit on X in late January.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 5 May 2025
The opera house conceit could have slipped into costume-party territory, but instead delivers surprising depth.
—Paul Jebara, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conceit
Noun
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Without that essential kernel of referentiality, there can be no metaphor at all.—
Andrea Long Chu,
Vulture,
6 May 2025
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As for Bayern, today’s result against RB Leipzig was a good metaphor for the Rekordmeister’s season.—
Manuel Veth,
Forbes.com,
3 May 2025
Noun
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Agencies encourage the illusion of such bonds while controlling nearly every aspect of the idols’ real lives.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
14 May 2025
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The show uses dual-reality technology, a technique derived from the world of mentalism, to support the illusion of real-time interaction with a pre-recorded program.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
14 May 2025
Noun
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As its name implies, the Emotional Support lip balm ($24), is anything but a vanity project.—
Dahvi Shira,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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According to nutritionist Payal Kothari, author of The Gut, the rise of the high-protein diet has been driven by a mix of vanity and virality.—
Sara Hussain,
Vogue,
12 May 2025
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Xu began to imagine what this might mean for people with cancer if histotripsy activates the human immune system in a similar way.—
Kristen Jordan Shamus,
USA Today,
19 May 2025
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The easiest life to imagine was the life of the man who ran the ferry.—
Patricia Lockwood,
New Yorker,
18 May 2025
Noun
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One of this year’s most unique and original K-dramas is Heavenly Ever After, a quirky romantic fantasy from Studio Phoenix and SLL that vividly imagines life after death.—
Regina Kim,
Forbes.com,
11 May 2025
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Starring Fionn Whitehead, Will Poulter and Craig Parkinson, the interactive choose-your-own-adventure tale follows young programmer Stefan (Whitehead), who is adapting a fantasy gamebook into a video game in 1984.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
10 May 2025
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My coat and my ego were a bit tarnished as my husband rushed to help me up.—
James Barron,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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Also, any shred of ego one has left after a lifetime of motherhood and being a caregiver/support person will get completely zeroed out while milling around a bunch of athletes.—
Denise Snodell,
Kansas City Star,
14 May 2025
Verb
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Still, White remains hopeful for revitalization, envisioning Dolton as a tourist destination with the pope’s former home and parish drawing visitors.—
Mike Nolan,
Chicago Tribune,
10 May 2025
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Many organizations envision a rapid rollout of AI solutions, only to face delays that can stretch much longer than planned.—
Erez Meltzer,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025
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Studying at Columbia—the home of such Palestinian scholars as Edward Said and Rashid Khalidi—had always been a dream of Khalil’s.—
Aida Alami,
New Yorker,
21 May 2025
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However, as humanity stands on the precipice of a technological revolution, particularly with the convergence of quantum computing and artificial intelligence the sustainability and viability of UBI as a global approach might no longer be a distant dream but a tangible reality.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
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“Conceit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conceit. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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