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Vainglory synonyms

vān'glôr'ē, vān-glôr'ē

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arrogance
The definition of arrogance is when a person believes he or she is better than others and knows more than everyone else, or when a person believes he is capable of something he really isn't.
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conceit
(Uncountable) Overly high self-esteem; vain pride; hubris. [from 17th c.]
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pomp
A procession distinguished by ostentation and splendor; a pageant.
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ostentation (related)
Showy display, as of wealth or knowledge; pretentiousness
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narcissism
A personality disorder characterized by an exaggerated sense of self-importance, need for admiration, and lack of empathy.
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pride
A flamboyant or impressive group:
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vanity
Emptiness.
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ego trip
Self-aggrandizement; an act undertaken to increase one's own power and influence or to draw attention to one's own importance.
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boastfulness
The characteristic of being boastful.
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amour-propre
Self-esteem
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self-love (related)
The instinct or desire to promote one's own well-being; regard for or love of one's self.
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self-praise
The praise of one's self; self-applause.
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wantonness (related)
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worldliness (related)
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ego
(Psychology, Freudian) the most central part of the mind, which mediates with one's surroundings
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egoism
The tendency to think of self and self-interest.
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vainness
The property of being vain.
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self-will (related)
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self-conceit (related)
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self-righteousness (related)
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self-laudation
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covetousness (related)
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avarice (related)
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Vainglory Sentence Examples

  • He did not hesitate to flaunt his great personal vainglory in public.

  • Of those, again, who maintain the traditional view, some, like Niebuhr and Grote, regard it as convicting Alexander of mad ambition and vainglory, whilst to Kaerst Alexander only incorporates ideas which were the timely fruit of a long historical development.

  • Never was man more free than Latimer from the taint of fanaticism or less dominated by " vainglory," but the motives which now inspired his courage not only placed him beyond the influence of fear, but enabled him to taste in dying an ineffable thrill of victorious achievement.

  • It is a strange fact that Henry, though he was in many respects a conscientious man, with a strong sense of responsibility, and a sincerC piety, was so blind to the unrighteousness of his own actions that he died asserting that neither ambition nor vainglory had led him into France, but a genuine desire to assert a righteous claim, which he desired his heirs to prosecute to the bitter end.

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