VANITY

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vanity
n. excessive pride, conceit (especially in one's appearance); something in which one takes excessive pride; something trivial, worthless item; state of being worthless; cabinet underneath a bathroom sink


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Vanity
For other meanings of vanity, see vanity (disambiguation). For the Wikipedia page about so-called "vanity articles", see . In conventional parlance, vanity is the excessive belief in one's own abilities or attractiveness to other. In some religious preachings, vanity is considered a form of self-idolatry, in which one rejects God for the sake of one's own image, and thereby becomes divorced from the graces of God. The stories of Lucifer and Narcissus (who gave us the term narcissism), and others, attend to a pernicious aspect of vanity.
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vanity
Noun
1. feelings of excessive pride
(synonym) amour propre, conceit, self-love
(hypernym) pride, pridefulness
2. the quality of being valueless or futile; "he rejected the vanities of the world"
(synonym) emptiness
(hypernym) worthlessness
3. the trait of being vain and conceited
(synonym) conceit
(hypernym) pride
(hyponym) boastfulness, vainglory
4. low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup
(synonym) dressing table, dresser, toilet table
(hypernym) table


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vanity-case (m)
n. vanity case

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Vanity
(n.)
The quality or state of being vain; want of substance to satisfy desire; emptiness; unsubstantialness; unrealness; falsity.
  
 
(n.)
That which is vain; anything empty, visionary, unreal, or unsubstantial; fruitless desire or effort; trifling labor productive of no good; empty pleasure; vain pursuit; idle show; unsubstantial enjoyment.
  
 
(n.)
One of the established characters in the old moralities and puppet shows. See Morality, n., 5.
  
 
(n.)
An inflation of mind upon slight grounds; empty pride inspired by an overweening conceit of one's personal attainments or decorations; an excessive desire for notice or approval; pride; ostentation; conceit.
  

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