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Meanings of self-importance in inglês

português
egoísmo
espanhol
egotismo

An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others.

egoísmo
Sinônimos
Examples for "ego"
Examples for "ego"
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The suit is far more about ego, money, and power, said Gosling.
Reuters
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Working in this industry, it's really easy to get an inflated ego.
Ebony
3
The ego and the non-ego differ in themselves and in their attributes.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy
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Her ego only got involved in terms of, was this good enough.
Reuters
5
Reality is positional, ego is relational and nature doesn't deal in abstractions.
The Robot Who Looked Like Me
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Then it was that in the stupidity of his egotism he said:
The Valley of Silent Men: A Story of the Three River Country
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Henceforth, you will no longer live in the selfish egotism of solitude.
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
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Carew was all in all: his devouring egotism swallowed up historical association.
Bred in the Bone; Or, Like Father, Like Son: A Novel
4
At least a bank manager's money is not so tainted by egotism.
Travels With My Aunt
5
Her shallowness soothed him; her inconsequent egotism helped him to forget himself.
The Masquerader
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The Figures acknowledge the applause in an obvious condition of swelled head.
Back to Methuselah: A Metabiological Pentateuch
2
Nice little dude, with a swelled head, but popular with the ladies.
Molly McDonald: A Tale of the Old Frontier
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Suffers from swelled head, which is part of their plan, of course.
King--of the Khyber Rifles: A Romance of Adventure
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I don't want you to feel that I've got a swelled head.
All-Wool Morrison / Time -- Today, Place -- the United States, P...
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Very level-headed man is Mr. Samuel Lambert; no frills and no swelled head.
A Gentleman's Gentleman / 1909
Usage of self-importance in inglês
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In Ms Halonen's case, the informality incorporates feminist impatience with male self-importance.
The Irish Times
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It took just a moment for his illusion of self-importance to collapse.
Existence
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You have no idea of the extent of her vanity, her self-importance.
Into the Water
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Even in his sleep he still had a comical expression of self-importance.
Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 02
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The Squid & the Whale was mildly appalled by its characters' self-importance.
The Irish Times
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There was no vanity, no self-importance in this conception of his duty.
The Native Born; or, the Rajah's People
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There is no sense of self-importance or overbearing ego from the 36-year-old.
The Irish Times
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Don't let a sense of power or self-importance go to your head!
The South African
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This self-importance caused both Eric and Tom-Tom to break into a smile.
Amberville
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Facebook appeals to a kind of vanity and self-importance in us, too.
The Guardian
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It reflects a wildness and a kindness, and rejects blandness and self-importance.
The Irish Times
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It was a touch over-dramatic, oozed self-importance and the timing was curious.
The Guardian
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Standing beside him, puffing with excitement, anxiety, and self-importance, was Sheriff Avery.
Wizard and glass
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His audience blinks, too filled with self-importance to choke out a laugh.
Forge of Darkness
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Unlike most great cities, it is refreshingly free of any delusions of self-importance.
Neither here nor there: travels in europe
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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
português
egoísmo
espanhol
egotismo
Self-importance through the time