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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