单词 | self-conceit |
释义 | self-conceitn. 1. One's opinion or estimation of oneself; esp. excessive pride in oneself; overestimation of one's own qualities; conceitedness. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > self-esteem > [noun] conceit1548 self-estimation1574 self-conceit1576 self-worth1610 self-esteem1619 amour propre1775 self-estimate1817 the mind > emotion > pride > self-esteem > conceit > [noun] opinionc1425 wind1484 vokea1508 conceit1567 self-weening1570 cockishness1573 weening1575 self-conceit1576 self-opinion1593 conceitedness1595 self-conceitednessa1602 self-opinionatedness1668 self-opinionativeness1743 egotism1800 swell-head1845 big-head1850 big-headedness1850 self-opinionedness1879 swollen head1898 swelled-headedness1907 ikeyness1911 1576 G. Whetstone Rocke of Regard Ep. sig. ¶.ijv The other & chiefest, in plucking off the visard of self conceit, vnder which I somtimes proudly masked with vaine desires. a1593 C. Marlowe Tragicall Hist. Faustus (1604) sig. A2 Till swolne with cunning of a selfe conceit [etc.]. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 84 To confirme that good selfe-conceit and opinion of his owne. 1608 D. Tuvill Ess. Politicke, & Morall f. 62v Not tainted with anie humorous Selfe-conceit. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. viii. 35 Vaine-Glory; which is commonly called Pride, and selfe-conceipt. 1719 Free-thinker No. 87. 2 It too often happens, that a Man..is..intoxicated with Pride and Self-Conceit. 1782 W. Cowper Charity in Poems 199 Philosophy without his heav'nly guide, May blow up self-conceit and nourish pride. 1834 A. Smith Diary 31 Aug. (1939) I. 72 He displayed a demeanour indicative of great self-conceit and conceived importance. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 185 He remarks the self-conceit of a younger generation of philosophers. 1912 Crisis Apr. 256/2 Any self-conceit he may have had fell away completely before them. He knew he was only at a beginning with a long weary road to travel. 1939 P. S. Buck Chinese Novel 15 A small shrunken figure with..a boundless self-conceit, a complete scorn not only of the common people but of all other scholars. 1992 S. Fry Paperweight (1993) 52 I have a dread fear that awards serve only to encourage recipients into a state of bumptiousness and self-conceit. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > personal opinion > [noun] thinkinga1382 counsela1400 conceitc1405 private judgement1565 concept1566 self-conceit1596 lights1598 private1599 self-conception1648 phenomenon1677 two cents' worth1942 the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [noun] > wilfulness > wilful thought self-conceit1596 1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) ix. lii. 236 Our Mindes doe wauer still. Our selfe-Conceits be winged: and we flie from good to ill. 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 98 [Naaman] had a self-conceit of the way of curing him. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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