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self-conˈceit
[self- 1 a.]
1. One's opinion or estimate of oneself; esp. high or exaggerated opinion of oneself, one's talents, attainments, etc.
1588–9Marlowe Faustus Chor. 20 Till swolne with cunning, of a selfe conceit [etc.]. 1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 84 To confirme that good selfe-conceit and opinion of his owne. 1608D. T[uvill] Ess. Pol. & Mor. 62 b Not tainted with anie humorous Selfe-conceit. 1651Hobbes Leviath. i. viii. 35 Vaine-Glory; which is commonly called Pride, and selfe-conceipt. 1781Cowper Charity 374 Philosophy, without his heav'nly guide May blow up self-conceit. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) V. 185 He remarks the self-conceit of a younger generation of philosophers.
†2. One's own opinion; wilful thought. Obs.
1602Warner Alb. Eng. ix. lii. 234 Our Mindes doe wauer still Our selfe-Conceits be winged and we flie from good to ill. 1642D. Rogers Naaman 98 [Naaman] had a self-conceit of the way of curing him. |