Conceit
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /kənˈsiːt/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Conceit is a noun meaning The faculty of conceiving ideas; mental faculty; apprehension.
Meaning
The faculty of conceiving ideas; mental faculty; apprehension.
More Meanings
- Quickness of apprehension; active imagination; lively fancy.
- (now rare, dialectal) Esteem, favourable opinion.
- (countable) A novel or fanciful idea; a whim.
- (uncountable) Overly high self-esteem; vain pride; hubris.
- (countable, rhetoric, literature) An ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device.
- (obsolete) Something conceived in the mind; an idea, a thought.
- (obsolete) Opinion, (neutral) judgment.
Example Sentences
a man of quick conceit
a man wise in his own conceit
In laughing, there ever procedeth a conceit of somewhat ridiculous.
By him that me boughte, than quod Dysdayne, / I wonder sore he is in suche cenceyte.
Word Forms
- conceits
- conceipt
- conceiting
- conceited
Synonyms for conceit
Depending on context, synonyms include vanity, self-love.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include self-love, vanity, presumption, assumption, idea, ego.
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