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Meanings of self-importance in English

Portuguese
egoísmo
Spanish
egotismo

An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others.

        egoísmo
        Usage of self-importance in English
        1
        In Ms Halonen's case, the informality incorporates feminist impatience with male self-importance.
        The Irish Times
        2
        It took just a moment for his illusion of self-importance to collapse.
        Existence
        3
        You have no idea of the extent of her vanity, her self-importance.
        Into the Water
        4
        Even in his sleep he still had a comical expression of self-importance.
        Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 02
        5
        The Squid & the Whale was mildly appalled by its characters' self-importance.
        The Irish Times
        6
        There was no vanity, no self-importance in this conception of his duty.
        The Native Born; or, the Rajah's People
        7
        There is no sense of self-importance or overbearing ego from the 36-year-old.
        The Irish Times
        8
        Don't let a sense of power or self-importance go to your head!
        The South African
        9
        This self-importance caused both Eric and Tom-Tom to break into a smile.
        Amberville
        10
        Facebook appeals to a kind of vanity and self-importance in us, too.
        The Guardian
        11
        It reflects a wildness and a kindness, and rejects blandness and self-importance.
        The Irish Times
        12
        It was a touch over-dramatic, oozed self-importance and the timing was curious.
        The Guardian
        13
        Standing beside him, puffing with excitement, anxiety, and self-importance, was Sheriff Avery.
        Wizard and glass
        14
        His audience blinks, too filled with self-importance to choke out a laugh.
        Forge of Darkness
        15
        Unlike most great cities, it is refreshingly free of any delusions of self-importance.
        Neither here nor there: travels in europe
        16
        The eyes of the old chief now brightened; and all his self-importance returned.
        The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mou...
        Frequent collocations
        Translations for self-importance
        Portuguese
        egoísmo
        Spanish
        egotismo
        Self-importance through the time