conceit
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Conceit has the same root as conception, a word with a dual role: a mental image or an idea and the beginning of pregnancy.
From Slate • Jul. 21, 2025
“This is Bob Dylan with ‘The Disease of Conceit.’
From Washington Times • Jun. 18, 2020
He added: “Talent is God-given. Be humble. Fame is man-made. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.”
From Seattle Times • Jul. 29, 2018
Try the Road to Serfdom, and if you've read that, the Fatal Conceit.
From Economist • Dec. 18, 2013
"Conceit and malice," he wrote, "are so powerful with many in those parts that they will easily afford an oath to work revenge upon their neighbour."
From A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 by Notestein, Wallace
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