Conceit vs. Egotism
Conceitnoun
(obsolete) Something conceived in the mind; an idea, a thought.
Conceitnoun
The faculty of conceiving ideas; mental faculty; apprehension.
Conceitnoun
Quickness of apprehension; active imagination; lively fancy.
Conceitnoun
(obsolete) Opinion, (neutral) judgment.
Conceitnoun
Esteem, favourable opinion.
Conceitnoun
(countable) A novel or fanciful idea; a whim.
Conceitnoun
An ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device.
Conceitnoun
(uncountable) Overly high self-esteem; vain pride; hubris.
Conceitnoun
Design; pattern.
Conceitverb
(obsolete) To form an idea; to think.
Conceitverb
To conceive.
Conceitnoun
That which is conceived, imagined, or formed in the mind; idea; thought; image; conception.
Conceitnoun
Faculty of conceiving ideas; mental faculty; apprehension; as, a man of quick conceit.
Conceitnoun
Quickness of apprehension; active imagination; lively fancy.
Conceitnoun
A fanciful, odd, or extravagant notion; a quant fancy; an unnatural or affected conception; a witty thought or turn of expression; a fanciful device; a whim; a quip.
Conceitnoun
An overweening idea of one's self; vanity.
Conceitnoun
Design; pattern.
Conceitverb
To conceive; to imagine.
Conceitverb
To form an idea; to think.
Conceitnoun
feelings of excessive pride
Conceitnoun
the trait of being vain and conceited
Conceitnoun
excessive pride in oneself
Conceitnoun
an ingenious or fanciful comparison or metaphor
Conceitnoun
an artistic effect or device
Conceitnoun
a fanciful notion
Conceit
In modern literary criticism, more common with genre fiction, conceit often means an extended rhetorical device, summed up in a short phrase, that refers to a situation which either does not exist, or exists rarely, but is needed for the plot. and are examples from science fiction; the is an example from detective stories.
Egotismnoun
A tendency to talk excessively about oneself.
Egotismnoun
A belief that one is superior to or more important than others.
Egotismnoun
(countable) The result or product of being egoistic.
Egotismnoun
Egoism.
Egotismnoun
The practice of too frequently using the word I; hence, a speaking or writing overmuch of one's self; self-exaltation; self-praise; the act or practice of magnifying one's self or parading one's own doings. The word is also used in the sense of egoism.
Egotismnoun
an exaggerated opinion of your own importance
Egotismnoun
an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
Egotism
Egotism is defined as the drive to maintain and enhance favorable views of oneself, and generally features an inflated opinion of one's personal features and importance distinguished by a person's amplified vision of ones self and self importance. It often includes intellectual, physical, social and other overestimations.
