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self-importance

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self-im·por·tance (slfm-pôrtns)
n.
Excessively high regard for one's own importance or station; conceit.
self-im·portant adj.
self-im·portant·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.self-importanceself-importance - an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
ego, egotism
pride, pridefulness - a feeling of self-respect and personal worth
2.self-importance - an exaggerated opinion of your own importance
egotism, swelled head
conceitedness, vanity, conceit - the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride
superiority complex - an exaggerated estimate of your own value and importance
Translations
self-importance [sɛlfɪmˈpɔːtns] n → presunción f; vanidad f
self-importance [sɛlfɪmˈpɔːtns] n → suffisance f
self-importance [sɛlfɪmˈpɔːtns] self n → Aufgeblasenheit f
self-importance [sɛlfimˈpɔːtns] n → sufficienza


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The eyes of the old chief now brightened; and all his self-importance returned.
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context
The most usual form of monomania has commonly the same beginning as that from which Edgar Caswall suffered--an over-large idea of self-importance.
The Lair of the White Worm by Stoker, Bram View in context
This figure unlocked and held open the grating as for the passage of another, who presently appeared, in the form of a young man of small stature and uncommon self-importance, dressed in an obsolete and very gaudy fashion.
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