单词 | self-consequence |
释义 | self-consequencen. An (exaggerated) sense of one's own consequence; self-importance. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > self-importance > [noun] importance1607 self-importance1727 self-consequence1753 consequence1791 consequentiality1820 consequentialness1828 prima donnaship1889 Pooh-Bahism1892 prima donnaism1931 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison II. v. 91 Was not your humanity raised? your self-consequence lowered? 1778 F. Burney Evelina III. xviii. 209 By no means wanting in pride and self-consequence. 1829 W. Scott Anne of Geierstein II. vi. 190 To..enhance the self-consequence of a powerful ecclesiastic. 1873 M. Arnold Lit. & Dogma iii. 98 Warped by personal pretensions and self-consequence. 1905 London Q. Rev. July 138 The spirit that can sacrifice personal ambitions and sense of self-consequence for a great cause. 1934 China Press (Shanghai) 30 Jan. 11/3 Rest gives one a chance to fit oneself to the real sphere one occupies—a sphere larger than work and smaller than self-consequence. 2009 Observer (Nexis) 6 Dec. 28 Polanski spoke of her with affectionate admiration—and with a little self-consequence: she is a protege of his. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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