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conceit [kənˈsiːt] N

conceit

conceit

▶ conceited ADJ

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His lyrics are pure and fresh, and his romances, though full of conceits, are pleasant reading, remarkably free from grossness. en.wikipedia.org

It's an admirable conceit stuffed into far less subtle material. en.wikipedia.org

It's an interesting conceit, but sadly it fails. en.wikipedia.org

There are, of course, redeeming features: an interesting initial conceit, the usual beautifully controlled writing. en.wikipedia.org

The enmities, ambitions, conceits and dogmas which had paralysed their shadow government proved to be even more disastrous in their struggle for power. en.wikipedia.org

Gravitational effects and detection by terrestrial probes are explained away by superior alien science, a common conceit in planetary romances. en.wikipedia.org

There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. en.wikipedia.org

All novelty rests in the conceit of computer authorship, not in the story itself. en.wikipedia.org

He did not however appreciate the extravagant romantic grotto and that favorite eighteenth-century conceit, the hermitage. en.wikipedia.org

He was sublimely egotistical, but somehow his egotism did not smack of conceit and was not offensive. en.wikipedia.org

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