vainglory in English

noun
1
inordinate pride in oneself or one's achievements; excessive vanity.
Yet the book is a heavy volume of historic narcissism - a magnum opus of upper-class vainglory and scrupulous evasion.
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1. The whole immoral conducts almost is wear vainglory around but living.

2. Discreet practice eliminates vainglory; ascribing our right actions to God removes pride.

3. And yet there are lots of reasons to see it as vainglory.

4. Vainglory is one of the sillier postures : it invariably precedes the rude awakening.

5. I always consider that the vulgar aims people pursuit vehemently - property, vainglory and extravagance - are despicable.

6. Vainglory carries a mirror, and Lorenzetti warns us against narcissistic leaders who are guided by their own ego and vanity.

7. Boastfulness: 1 n outspoken conceit Synonyms: vainglory Type of: conceit , conceitedness , vanity the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride

8. Boastfulness; vainglory Hypernyms ("Boastfulness" is a kind of): conceit ; conceitedness ; vanity (the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride)

9. On March 5, 2015 at the Game Developers Conference 2015, it was announced by Super Evil Megacorp that Vainglory would be getting an Android version.

10. Conceitedness: 1 n the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride Synonyms: conceit , vanity Antonyms: humbleness , humility a disposition to be humble; a lack of false pride Types: show 5 types hide 5 types narcism , narcissism , self-love an exceptional interest in and admiration for yourself boastfulness , vainglory

11. Braggadocio (n.) 1590, coined by Spenser as the name of his personification of vainglory ("Faerie Queene," ii.3), from brag, with augmentative ending from Italian words then in vogue in English.In general use by 1594 for "an empty swaggerer;" of the talk of such persons, from 1734.

12. SYNONYMY NOTE: Boast 1, the basic term in this list, merely suggests pride or satisfaction, as in one's deeds or abilities [you may well Boast of your efficiency]; brag suggests greater ostentation and overstatement [he bragged of what he would do in the race]; vaunt, a formal, literary term, implies greater suavity but more vainglory than either of the preceding [vaunt not in your triumph