vaingloriousness

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Noun
  • This, in turn, resulted in a bathroom remodel because the entire two-sink vanity needed to be replaced.
    R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Leo is the hype friend of the zodiac, encouraging us to be proud and confident in ourselves — not from a place of vanity but from genuine self-respect.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • But what really interested us with this movie was trying to understand the humanity and searching for and exploring the love and the loyalty to characters to have a dialogue with an audience and not do it for the sake of ego or shock.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 9 Aug. 2026
  • In a day when outsized egos rule the sports landscape, Harvey is humble, upbeat and engaging.
    Maury Brown, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • His brand shone as a symbol of national pride and soft power.
    Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Rivera nearly stuck the vault, her coach Valeri Liukin beaming with pride.
    Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • But Edna soon became a case study in exorbitant amour propre, lampooning suburban pretensions, political correctness and the cult of celebrity, and acquiring a damehood along the way.
    Margalit Fox, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2023
  • White is Smart Lite without the emotional volatility and ever-present amour propre.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2022
Noun
  • Aemond, too, for that matter, while Daemon’s arrogance continues to get Team Black into all sorts of predicaments.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • But the league’s own research found that what reads as charisma in Dallas can land as arrogance in Düsseldorf.
    Sam Birchall, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026
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“Vaingloriousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vaingloriousness. Accessed 13 Aug. 2026.

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