self-importance
Example Sentences
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"I don't really care about Prince Harry's self importance and burnout. He should whine to Ms Markle or is she exhausted too," another wrote.
From Fox News • Feb. 5, 2022
Hubris, misguided sentiment, exaggerated self importance, desire for approval, egomania.
From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2016
The fact is that NFL rules have become so swollen with self importance that they interfere with what should be the simplest of concepts, such as “catch.”
From Washington Post • Jan. 12, 2015
"We're only making a musical, it's not changing the world. But they did change the world... with such little sense of self importance or grandeur."
From BBC • Nov. 6, 2014
Men of much self importance and supposed skill in politics, who are not of sufficient consequence to obtain public employment, but can spread jealousies in the little districts of country where they are placed.
From Essays on the Constitution of the United States by Ford, Paul Leicester
Vocabulary lists containing self-importance
Selection Vocabulary 4, Unit 4
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Selection Vocabulary 3, Unit 6
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