vainglory
/vein'glɔ:riəsnis/ Cách viết khác : (vainglory) /vein'glɔ:ri/
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Definition
- Noun:
- Excessive and boastful pride in oneself or one's achievements; unwarranted vanity. "Vainglory" refers to an ostentatious and empty display of pride, often without a corresponding merit or achievement to justify it. It implies a hollow, showy conceit.
Usage
- "Vainglory" is a formal and somewhat literary term used to describe a particularly showy and unjustified form of arrogance. It often carries a critical or negative connotation, suggesting the pride is shallow and focused on public admiration rather than genuine self-worth.
Examples
- Noun:
- His speech was an exercise in pure vainglory, full of self-praise but lacking in substance.
- The king's vainglory led him to build monuments to his own name while his people suffered.
- She saw through his vainglory and recognized the insecurity it masked.
Advanced Usage
- "To be puffed up with vainglory": to be swollen with excessive and empty pride.
- After the minor victory, he was puffed up with vainglory, acting as if he had won the war single-handedly.
Variants and Related Words
- Vainglorious (adj): Characterized by or exhibiting vainglory; boastfully vain.
- He was a vainglorious leader, more concerned with his image than with effective governance.
Synonyms
- Conceit: Excessive pride in oneself.
- Arrogance: An attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner.
- Egotism: The practice of talking and thinking about oneself excessively because of an undue sense of self-importance.
- Boastfulness: The quality of bragging or talking with excessive pride.
Antonyms
- Humility: A modest or low view of one's own importance.
- Modesty: The quality of being unassuming in the estimation of one's abilities.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- "A monument to vainglory": Something built or created primarily to satisfy excessive, showy pride.
- Critics dismissed the towering statue as nothing more than a monument to the mayor's vainglory.
Noun
- outspoken conceit