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self-im·ˈpor·tance N no pl

self-importance

Selbstgefälligkeit f

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But it's perfectly aware of its limited dramatic mission... and... it offers an attractive getaway route from self-importance, snark, and chatty comedies about male bonding. en.wikipedia.org

His flamboyancy, self-importance and addiction to gambling at cards brought him and his family into debt and unhappiness. en.wikipedia.org

There was no need for an exaggerated sense of self-importance. en.wikipedia.org

I have never met a personage so destitute of self-importance. en.wikipedia.org

It can also degenerate into pedantry, which is intellectual rigour applied to no particular end, except perhaps self-importance. en.wikipedia.org

They experience constant tension between feelings of self-importance and experiencing the environment as unappreciative and humiliating. en.wikipedia.org

Losing his delusions of self-importance throws him into despair. en.wikipedia.org

Robin had a high sense of self-importance, was somewhat manipulative, and often made condescending remarks. en.wikipedia.org

It can be used satirically or ironically to lampoon a person's sense of self-importance. en.wikipedia.org

The epic was transformed from a paean to national foundations to a satire on the outlandish self-importance of the country nobility. en.wikipedia.org

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