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Plural for excessive pride in oneself
“It is clear from his arrogance and boundless conceit that he has never faced serious opposition from the working class.”
Plural for an ingenious or fanciful comparison or metaphor
“The image of Coe as an egg-laying bird is a gratuitous conceit which can hardly be said to represent the man.”
Plural for a desire, idea, or plan that is unlikely to ever be realized
“Although not merely a conceit, neither was the donna angelicata really an angel.”
Plural for the state or quality of being supercilious
Plural for a sudden desire or change of mind, especially one that is unusual or unexplained
Plural for a notion, impression or idea (of something)
Plural for the organization, identification, and interpretation of sensory information
Plural for the property of being sanctimonious
Plural for a metaphor that is continued over multiple sentences
Plural for a joke or type of wordplay in which sounds, words or phrases are deliberately confused
Plural for a phenomenon that becomes popular for a very short time
Plural for a conception of, or a belief, about something
Plural for the cause or latent beginning of a feeling, process, or condition
To conceive of or envisage in the mind
“I humbly, therefore, entreat your Majesty to conceit of me as a subject resolved to serve and follow your Highness in whatsoever I shall be commanded.”
To represent by a drawing, painting, or other art forms
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