conceit

/kən'si:t/
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conceit

A poet uses a surprising conceit to compare a sunset to a dying ember.

Definition
  1. Noun:
    • Excessively high opinion of oneself; vanity: An inflated sense of one's own importance, abilities, or worth.
    • A fanciful, ingenious, or witty thought or expression: A clever or elaborate metaphor, image, or turn of phrase, often used in literature or art.
    • An artistic device, effect, or central theme: A fanciful or elaborate concept that forms the basis of a creative work.
Examples of Usage
  • Noun (Vanity):
    • His conceit was so great that he could not accept any criticism.
    • She was a talented musician, but her success led to unbearable conceit.
  • Noun (Witty/Artistic Idea):
    • The poet's conceit compared his love to a compass, with his beloved as the fixed center.
    • The novel's central conceit is that a man wakes up one day to find he is a giant insect.
Advanced Usage
  • "In one's own conceit": According to one's own (often inflated) opinion.
    • He was, in his own conceit, the finest painter in the city.
  • "To be full of conceit": To be very vain or arrogant.
    • The award made him full of conceit and difficult to work with.
  • "To be out of conceit with": To be displeased with or have lost one's liking for something or someone.
    • After the argument, she was quite out of conceit with her old friend.
Variants and Related Words
  • Conceited (adj): Having or showing an excessively high opinion of oneself; vain.
    • He became very conceited after his promotion.
  • Self-conceit (n): Another term for excessive pride in oneself.
    • His self-conceit blinded him to his own faults.
Synonyms
  • Arrogance: The quality of being arrogant; overbearing pride.
  • Egotism: The practice of talking and thinking about oneself excessively because of an undue sense of self-importance.
  • Vanity: Excessive pride in or admiration of one's own appearance or achievements.
  • Metaphor (for the literary sense): A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
Related Phrases
  • A flight of conceit: An instance of fanciful or extravagant imagination.
    • The entire theory was dismissed as a mere flight of conceit.
Related Idioms
  • To put someone out of conceit with something: To cause someone to dislike or lose interest in something.
    • The terrible service put me out of conceit with that restaurant forever.
conceit

A poet uses a surprising conceit to compare a sunset to a dying ember.

Noun
  1. the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride
  2. an artistic device or effect
    • the architect's brilliant conceit was to build the house around the tree
  3. a witty or ingenious turn of phrase
    • he could always come up with some inspired off-the-wall conceit
  4. an elaborate poetic image or a far-fetched comparison of very dissimilar things
  5. feelings of excessive pride

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