self-importance
Example Sentences
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If you’ve made it this far, you may be thinking that the reviewer is one of those insufferable people who criticizes others to burnish his own self-importance.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025
But search results showed criteria for narcissistic personality disorder, a condition marked by unreasonably high self-importance, pathological need for admiration, and a lack of empathy.
From Slate • Jul. 23, 2025
"The entire film reeks of self-importance and a need to remind us all that those behind the camera are smarter than anyone in the audience," she said.
From BBC • Oct. 18, 2024
Conspiracists love to center celebrities in their storytelling because it adds to the sense of self-importance that they crave.
From Salon • Oct. 11, 2023
Levitte the perfumer is flabby and plump, basted in his own self-importance.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
Vocabulary lists containing self-importance
Selection Vocabulary 4, Unit 4
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Selection Vocabulary 3, Unit 6
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