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
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
During the comics early days I was a typical 18 year old internet user, i.e. full of self importance, righteous indignation, along with a smattering of being as dumb as a post.
From The Guardian • May 21, 2013
This was the first thing they mentioned at their return; nothing beside seems to have made so deep an impression upon them, or to have given them equal self importance.
From Sermons on Various Important Subjects by Lee, Andrew
Vocabulary lists containing self-importance
Selection Vocabulary 4, Unit 4
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Selection Vocabulary 3, Unit 6
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