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self-conceit
self-conˈceit [self- 1 a.] 1. One's opinion or estimate of oneself; esp. high or exaggerated opinion of oneself, one's talents, attainments, etc.1588–9 Marlowe Faustus Chor. 20 Till swolne with cunning, of a selfe conceit [etc.]. 1603 Holland Plutarch's Mor. 84 To confirme that good selfe-conceit an... Oxford English Dictionary
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Conceit (disambiguation)
Conceit may also refer to: Conceit (novel) (2007), by Mary Novik Conceit (rapper) (fl. c. 2007), American musician Conceit (film), a 1921 American silent drama film Excessive self-esteem, hubris See also Central conceit, a literary work's inherent assumption, toward which its audience are intended to wikipedia.org
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conceit
▪ I. conceit, n. (kənˈsiːt) Forms: α. 4–8 conceipt(e; β. 4–7 conceyt(e, 5–7 -ceite, 6–7 -ceat(e, (7 -ceit), 5– conceit; γ. 4–6 conseyt(e, -seit(e, (5 -sceyt(e), 5–6 -sayte, 6 consate, Sc. -sait(e, (-saight, -sette), 7 Sc. -seate. [To this there appears to be no corresp. OF. word, so that it would se... Oxford English Dictionary
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Manmukh
stated, a Manmukh is an ego-centric person whose actions are controlled by the following urges and desires: lust, anger, greed, material attachment, self-conceit pride, self-conceit; superstitious, jealousy and enviousness, stubborn mindedness, hatred, fanaticism, conflicts, lack of contentment, material hankering wikipedia.org
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Charles Jervas
England, Jervas was known for his vanity and luck, as mentioned in the Imperial Biographical Dictionary, "He married a widow with $20,000; and his natural self-conceit wikipedia.org
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Gambler's conceit
Gambler's conceit is the fallacy described by behavioral economist David J. The gambler believes they will be a net winner at the game, and thus able to avoid going broke by exerting the self-control necessary to stop playing while wikipedia.org
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William Mercer (poet)
The majority of his verses are mere doggerel, and display an inordinate self-conceit' (DNB). But his conceit did at least ensure that enough information survived to reconstruct the outline of his life." wikipedia.org
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Proverbs 12
characteristics of a "fool" in the Book of Proverbs, mainly: imperviousness to a word of advice as to a word of rebuke, by reason of one's innate stupidity and self-conceit lacks self-control, both of one's temper (verse 16; cf. 14:17, 29; 29:11) and one's tongue (verse 23; cf. 10:14; 15:2; 18:6-7). eagerness to speak one's wikipedia.org
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Māna
Because of conceit we may compare ourselves with others. There can be conceit when we think ourselves better, equal or less than someone else. It has haughtiness as characteristic, self-praise as function, desire to (advertise self like) a banner as manifestation, greed dissociated from opinionatedness wikipedia.org
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Prelest
Self-conceit St. Ignatius (Brianchaninov) writes that "people infected with prelest of 'conceit' are very common. Prelest exists already in self-conceit, in considering oneself worthy, in the very expectation of grace." wikipedia.org
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The Canonization
In this sense, love is asceticism, a major conceit in the poem. To Culler, however, this self-referentiality reveals "an uncanny neatness that generates paradox, a self-reference that ultimately brings out the inability wikipedia.org
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Isaiah 5
8–10) Drunkenness and revelry (verses 11–17) Compound sinfulness, or "sin with a cart rope" (verses 18–19) Use of language to justify evil (verse 20) Self-conceit wikipedia.org
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Samuel Carte
X. 10. (1694) and The Cure of Self-Conceit: A Sermon Preach'd at St. Martin's in Leicester on Sunday, May 13. 1705 (1705). His grave reads: References Sources External links A Dissuasive from Murmuring (1694) at Google Books (Full preview) The Cure of Self-conceit (1705 wikipedia.org
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Hankaar
Self-respect and a sense of honour with pure intentions is not incongruous with humility (nimrata). destroyed by sexual desire, anger and egotism. ((1)) (Guru Granth Sahib Page 223 line 9561) They complain about other peoples' faults, while their own self-conceit wikipedia.org
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Self-Made Men
(p549) It must in truth be said though it may not accord well with self-conscious individuality and self-conceit, that no possible native force of character Self-Made Men, online version provided by the Monadnock Press Self-Made Men, Benjamin Franklin, Self Made Man 1859 speeches Men in the United States Speeches wikipedia.org
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