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单词 self-consequence
释义

self-consequencen.

Brit. /ˌsɛlfˈkɒnsᵻkw(ə)ns/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfˈkɑnsəkwəns/, /ˌsɛlfˈkɑnsəˌkwɛns/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, consequence n.
Etymology: < self- prefix + consequence n.
An (exaggerated) sense of one's own consequence; self-importance.
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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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