as in ego
an often unjustified feeling of being pleased with oneself or with one's situation or achievements
an all-consuming vanity that made him hunger for constant praise from others
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Recent Examples of vanity
Seeing Meryl Streep’s broken, twisted body or Goldie Hawn with a gunshot wound straight through her open stomach are unforgettable movie moments in a sharp satire about aging, Hollywood, and vanity.
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Erin Strecker, IndieWire, 21 Nov. 2024
Trump Media, which trades under the vanity ticker DJT, approached record territory last week as polls seemed to swing in Trump’s favor.
—Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 6 Nov. 2024
In the primary bedroom, which opens to a patio, wood floors lead to an bathroom with a spacious vanity, free-standing tub, and separate rain shower.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2024
Scroll to give your vanity the Mrs. Bieber treatment at a discount as the holiday weekend approaches.
—Anamaria Glavan, Allure, 31 Oct. 2024
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Erin Strecker, IndieWire, 21 Nov. 2024
Trump Media, which trades under the vanity ticker DJT, approached record territory last week as polls seemed to swing in Trump’s favor.
—Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 6 Nov. 2024
In the primary bedroom, which opens to a patio, wood floors lead to an bathroom with a spacious vanity, free-standing tub, and separate rain shower.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2024
Scroll to give your vanity the Mrs. Bieber treatment at a discount as the holiday weekend approaches.
—Anamaria Glavan, Allure, 31 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vanity
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That sense of fun, and ego for its own sake, is the show’s go-to, with Pennette and company eschewing deeper meaning or morality in its cynical storytelling.Frank Rizzo, Variety, 22 Nov. 2024
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The ego is responsible for your mindsets, beliefs, impulses and reactions.Christie Garcia, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
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The starry line-up – which will also feature Alfonso Cuarón and Ava DuVernay among others later on in the festival – is the work of the festival’s long-time director Melita Toscan du Plantier, who takes pride in the fact that the event does not pay its A-list guests to attend.Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 30 Nov. 2024
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From Indigenous Pacific-Islander fighters like Holloway and Tuivasa to Indigenous fighters from the Americas like Payton Talbott and Alex Pereira, Indigenous role models in combat sports can foster a sense of pride and belonging for Indigenous youth with big dreams.Victor A. Lopez-Carmen, MD, MPH, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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That kind of Sisyphean arrogance that is met with a beautiful fragility.Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 27 Nov. 2024
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What attracted people in from the mid-nineties through 2011, when Giant Robot published its final issue, was its mixture of arrogance—the sense that it was made by people with a strident sense of taste—but also curiosity.Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2024
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“Vanity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vanity. Accessed 9 Dec. 2024.
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