swellheadedness

noun

as in vanity
an often unjustified feeling of being pleased with oneself or with one's situation or achievements the staggering degree of swellheadedness that must be necessary to nominate oneself for person of the year

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  1. vanity
  2. ego
  3. pride
  4. arrogance
Noun
  • This looks snug and has a flushing toilet, a vanity sink, a shower, and a washer/dryer.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 Oct. 2026
  • But his work has likely been on your neck, your vanity, your partner or your ex.
    — Arabelle Sicardi, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of vanity
Noun
  • Let’s set your ego at the door and figure out what’s going on with just some of the techniques that happened today.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Trump’s presidency seems rooted in a policy du jour mindset which responds first and foremost to pleasuring his insatiable ego.
    — Kevin Igoe, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of ego
Noun
  • Employees got into the Duke fun, too, showing a sense of pride in the character and its relationship to their home base.
    — Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Some still believe in the system or feel genuine national pride.
    — Jieun Baek, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of pride
Noun
  • McVay and Snead have effectively built a culture of arrogance.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
  • These fascinating, illuminating episodes raise the question of whether great fiction requires the kind of single-mindedness and even arrogance that McCarthy cultivated.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of arrogance
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