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Self-homicideself-hypnosis
self-identical
self-identification
self-identity
Self-idolized
self-ignite
self-ignition
Self-ignorance
Self-ignorant
self-image
self-immolate
self-immolation
Self-imparting
self-important
self-importantly
self-imposed
Self-imposture
self-improvement
self-inclusive
self-incompatibility
self-incompatible
self-incriminating
self-incrimination
Self-indignation
self-induced
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
n
1: an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others [syn: ego, egotism, self-importance]
2: an exaggerated opinion of your own importance [syn: egotism, self-importance, swelled head]
Merriam Webster's
noun Date: 17541. an exaggerated estimate of one's own importance; self-conceit2. arrogant or pompous behavior
Oxford Reference Dictionary
n. a high opinion of oneself; pompousness. Derivatives: self-important adj. self-importantly adv.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Self-importance Self`-im*por"tance, n. An exaggerated estimate of one's own importance or merit, esp. as manifested by the conduct or manners; self-conceit.
Collin's Cobuild Dictionary
see self-important
Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms
n. Pride, vanity, conceit.
Moby Thesaurus
accent, amour-propre, arrogance, assurance, assuredness, autoeroticism, belief, certitude, cocksureness, complacency, concern, concernment, confidence, confidentness, consequence, consequentiality, consideration, conviction, courage, ego trip, egoism, egotism, emphasis, excellence, faith, grandiloquence, high order, high rank, hubris, import, importance, inflation, interest, mark, materiality, merit, moment, narcism, narcissism, note, orotundity, overconfidence, overproudness, oversureness, overweening, overweening pride, overweeningness, paramountcy, poise, pomposity, pompousness, pontificality, pontification, positiveness, precedence, preeminence, pride, primacy, priority, security, self-admiration, self-approbation, self-assurance, self-complacency, self-confidence, self-congratulation, self-consequence, self-content, self-delight, self-endearment, self-esteem, self-gratulation, self-infatuation, self-love, self-reliance, self-respect, self-satisfaction, self-sufficiency, self-worship, settled belief, significance, smugness, stress, stuffiness, subjective certainty, superiority, supremacy, sureness, surety, trust, turgidity, vaingloriousness, vainglory, vainness, value, vanity, weight, worth
