Examples of 'conceit' in a sentence
Meaning of "conceit"
Conceit is a noun meaning excessive pride or self-confidence. It is often used to describe someone who thinks very highly of themselves
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- Something conceived in the mind; an idea, a thought.
- The faculty of conceiving ideas; mental faculty; apprehension.
- Quickness of apprehension; active imagination; lively fancy.
- Opinion, (neutral) judgment.
How to use "conceit" in a sentence
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Power is a conceit which reveals our limitations.
You have proved the conceit possible.
The conceit of the conceited person is reduced.
A man can have no better conceit of himself.
But his conceit is misguided and wrong.
I have never met such bland conceit.
This is the conceit of all great powers.
This concept is similar to that of metaphysical conceit.
He is so full of conceit that everybody dislikes him.
Although i am prepared to meet folly and conceit.
And now conceit is turning into humiliation.
Staying in the closet is not a matter of conceit.
This conceit even has a brand name.
And if you will excuse the conceit.
The vast conceit of my project never occurred to me.
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But perhaps that is the height of conceit.
And that conceit should not be tolerated.
But not for their pride or conceit.
There is always conceit and negligence behind misconduct.
This is the complete opposite of conceit or arrogance.
Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.
This might be a nice conceit for a novel.
Because of conceit we may compare ourselves with others.
And ends with this interesting conceit.
For him all knots of conceit are consumed.
Whose conceit lies in his hamstring.
There is a difference between conceit and confidence.
Pride and conceit were the original sins of man.
Has played along with this conceit.
The whole conceit is just flawed.
Conceit is a barrier to progress and improvement.
Only human conceit assumes otherwise.
Humility is the worst form of conceit.
I can not conceit how he spends it all.
His cowardice he compensates with narcissism and conceit.
That literary conceit is also literal.
A conceit housed in the form of a cube.
To remove the conceit of the ego.
The conceit of religion is absolute knowledge.
The demonstration of conceit is common today.
That is nothing but masculine conceit.
A lovely conceit with a touch of sadness.
We well know your delight in the visual conceit.
A pleasant conceit which she accepted with delight.
Could force his soul so to his own conceit.
Nothing more than a stylistic conceit of publishing houses.
The most sincere love is not devoid of conceit.
We had a good soldierly conceit of ourselves.
Nowadays people are full of intellectual conceit.
Conceit upon her father.
