conceit
noun
[ kənˈsiːt ]
• excessive pride in oneself.
• "he was puffed up with conceit"
Similar:
vanity,
narcissism,
conceitedness,
self-love,
self-admiration,
self-adulation,
self-regard,
egotism,
egoism,
egocentricity,
egomania,
pride,
arrogance,
hubris,
boastfulness,
cockiness,
self-importance,
immodesty,
self-satisfaction,
smugness,
complacency,
amour propre,
big-headedness,
swollen-headedness,
uppishness,
uppitiness,
vainglory,
• an ingenious or fanciful comparison or metaphor.
• "the idea of the wind's singing is a prime romantic conceit"
Similar:
image,
imagery,
figurative expression,
metaphor,
simile,
trope,
figure of speech,
play on words,
pun,
quip,
witticism,
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘notion’, also ‘quaintly decorative article’): from conceive, on the pattern of pairs such as deceive, deceit .
