A regarding of oneself with undue favor

• ego trip

  1. An act, experience, or course of behavior that gratifies the ego.

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  1. An act, experience, or course of behavior that gratifies the ego.

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• vanity

  1. Excessive pride in one's appearance or accomplishments; conceit.
  2. Something about which one is vain or conceited:
  3. Worthlessness, pointlessness, or futility:

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  1. Excessive pride in one's appearance or accomplishments; conceit.
  2. Something about which one is vain or conceited:
  3. Worthlessness, pointlessness, or futility:

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• vainness

  1. The property of being vain.

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  1. The property of being vain.

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• vainglory

  1. Excessive or unwarranted pride in one's accomplishments or qualities.
  2. Vain, ostentatious display:

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  1. Excessive or unwarranted pride in one's accomplishments or qualities.
  2. Vain, ostentatious display:

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• pride

  1. A sense of one's own proper dignity or value; self-respect.
  2. Pleasure or satisfaction taken in an achievement, possession, or association:
  3. Arrogant or disdainful conduct or treatment; haughtiness.

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  1. A sense of one's own proper dignity or value; self-respect.
  2. Pleasure or satisfaction taken in an achievement, possession, or association:
  3. Arrogant or disdainful conduct or treatment; haughtiness.

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• narcissism

  1. Excessive preoccupation with or admiration of oneself.
  2. A personality disorder characterized by self-preoccupation, need for admiration, lack of empathy, and unconscious deficits in self-esteem.
  3. Erotic pleasure derived from contemplation or admiration of one's own body or self, especially as a fixation on or a regression to an infantile stage of development.

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  1. Excessive preoccupation with or admiration of oneself.
  2. A personality disorder characterized by self-preoccupation, need for admiration, lack of empathy, and unconscious deficits in self-esteem.
  3. Erotic pleasure derived from contemplation or admiration of one's own body or self, especially as a fixation on or a regression to an infantile stage of development.

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• egotism

  1. An inflated sense of one's own importance; conceit.

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  1. An inflated sense of one's own importance; conceit.

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• egoism

  1. The doctrine that human behavior is motivated by self-interest.
  2. The belief that self-interest provides the proper basis for moral behavior.
  3. Egotism; conceit.

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  1. The doctrine that human behavior is motivated by self-interest.
  2. The belief that self-interest provides the proper basis for moral behavior.
  3. Egotism; conceit.

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• ego

  1. The self, especially as distinct from the world and other selves.
  2. In psychoanalysis, the division of the psyche that is conscious, most immediately controls thought and behavior, and is most in touch with external reality.
  3. An exaggerated sense of self-importance; conceit.

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  1. The self, especially as distinct from the world and other selves.
  2. In psychoanalysis, the division of the psyche that is conscious, most immediately controls thought and behavior, and is most in touch with external reality.
  3. An exaggerated sense of self-importance; conceit.

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• amour-propre

  1. Respect for oneself; self-esteem.

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  1. Respect for oneself; self-esteem.

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An impulsive, often illogical turn of mind

• whimsy

  1. An unusual, unexpected, or fanciful idea; a whim.
  2. Quaint, fanciful, or playful humor:

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  1. An unusual, unexpected, or fanciful idea; a whim.
  2. Quaint, fanciful, or playful humor:

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• whim

  1. A sudden or capricious idea; a fancy.
  2. Arbitrary thought or impulse:
  3. A vertical horse-powered drum used as a hoist in a mine.

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  1. A sudden or capricious idea; a fancy.
  2. Arbitrary thought or impulse:
  3. A vertical horse-powered drum used as a hoist in a mine.

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• vagary

  1. An unpredictable development or change of circumstances:
  2. An extravagant or erratic notion or action:

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  1. An unpredictable development or change of circumstances:
  2. An extravagant or erratic notion or action:

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• notion

  1. A belief or opinion:
  2. A mental image; an idea or conception:
  3. An impulse or whim:

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  1. A belief or opinion:
  2. A mental image; an idea or conception:
  3. An impulse or whim:

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• megrim

  1. A migraine.
  2. A caprice or fancy.
  3. Depression or unhappiness:

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  1. A migraine.
  2. A caprice or fancy.
  3. Depression or unhappiness:

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• impulse

  1. An impelling force; an impetus.
  2. The motion produced by such a force.
  3. A sudden wish or urge that prompts an unpremeditated act or feeling; an abrupt inclination:

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  1. An impelling force; an impetus.
  2. The motion produced by such a force.
  3. A sudden wish or urge that prompts an unpremeditated act or feeling; an abrupt inclination:

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• humor

  1. The quality that makes something laughable or amusing; funniness:
  2. That which is intended to induce laughter or amusement:
  3. The ability to perceive, enjoy, or express what is amusing, comical, incongruous, or absurd:

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  1. The quality that makes something laughable or amusing; funniness:
  2. That which is intended to induce laughter or amusement:
  3. The ability to perceive, enjoy, or express what is amusing, comical, incongruous, or absurd:

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• freak

  1. A thing or occurrence that is markedly unusual or irregular:
  2. An abnormally formed organism, especially one regarded as a curiosity.
  3. A sudden capricious turn of mind; a whim:

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  1. A thing or occurrence that is markedly unusual or irregular:
  2. An abnormally formed organism, especially one regarded as a curiosity.
  3. A sudden capricious turn of mind; a whim:

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• fancy

  1. Highly decorated:
  2. Complex or intricate:
  3. Elegantly fashionable or sophisticated:

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  1. Highly decorated:
  2. Complex or intricate:
  3. Elegantly fashionable or sophisticated:

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• caprice

  1. An impulsive change of mind:
  2. An inclination to change one's mind impulsively:
  3. A sudden, unpredictable action or change:

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  1. An impulsive change of mind:
  2. An inclination to change one's mind impulsively:
  3. A sudden, unpredictable action or change:

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• boutade

  1. (obsolete) An outbreak; a caprice; a whim.
  2. Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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  1. (obsolete) An outbreak; a caprice; a whim.
  2. Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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• bee

  1. Any of numerous winged, hairy-bodied, usually stinging hymenopteran insects of the superfamily Apoidea, including both solitary species and social species such as the honeybees, and characterized by sucking and chewing mouthparts for gathering nectar and pollen.
  2. A social gathering where people combine work, competition, and amusement:

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  1. Any of numerous winged, hairy-bodied, usually stinging hymenopteran insects of the superfamily Apoidea, including both solitary species and social species such as the honeybees, and characterized by sucking and chewing mouthparts for gathering nectar and pollen.
  2. A social gathering where people combine work, competition, and amusement:

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To find agreeable

• take to

  1. (idiomatic) To adapt to; to learn, grasp or master.
  2. (idiomatic) To enter; to go into or move towards.
  3. (idiomatic) To begin, as a new habit or practice.

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  1. (idiomatic) To adapt to; to learn, grasp or master.
  2. (idiomatic) To enter; to go into or move towards.
  3. (idiomatic) To begin, as a new habit or practice.

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• like

  1. To find pleasant or attractive; enjoy:
  2. To want to have:
  3. To prefer:

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  1. To find pleasant or attractive; enjoy:
  2. To want to have:
  3. To prefer:

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• fancy

  1. Highly decorated:
  2. Complex or intricate:
  3. Elegantly fashionable or sophisticated:

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  1. Highly decorated:
  2. Complex or intricate:
  3. Elegantly fashionable or sophisticated:

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