Definition of "self-conceit" []

• Conceit of one's self; an overweening opinion of one's powers or endowments; vanity. (noun)

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• "His oily, insinuating tones, his greasy smile and his monstrous self-conceit grated on my nerves till sometimes I was all in a tremble."
• "The effect of the self-conceit can only be to unite the society in hostility against us."
• "Her moral, cultural, and intellectual framework does not require her to question a doctrine that renders her prejudices and self-conceit impervious to reason."