self-importance
8
6.2
- noun
- /ˌsɛlf ɪmˈpɔrtəns/
:
autoimportancia
- Children these days, so inflated with self-importance, have a hard time making the distinction.
- sense of self-importance
I mean, the best way to balance your sense of self importance is to have a sense of humor.
- I mean, the best way to balance your sense of self importance is to have a sense of humor.
- You're you're a downer and you you, your sense of self importance is getting in the way of you being a team player.
- A person's sense of self esteem or self importance.
- My actual intention was self importance, my stated intention the the the happiness of my children.
Examples
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Feeling the fierce sense of self-importance in the teenager's grip, Aria nodded silently.
Fiction book (2002) -
"Jason's parents are coming over tomorrow night," I told the girls, hearing the self-importance in my voice.
Fiction book (1998) -
I mean, the best way to balance your sense of self importance is to have a sense of humor.
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I just became his, like his shadow or his mirror, like reflecting his self importance back at him.
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I really agree with the title of this article; this is "taking self-importance to a new level."
Blog text (9) -
Well, I suppose it feeds her starved sense of self-importance.
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The man gave off self-importance in great crashing waves, and Step had been caught in the undertow.
Fiction book (1992) -
"Well," Molly was saying, swelling with self-importance over her newfound knowledge.
Fiction book (1993) -
Such views, however well-intentioned, are rooted in the old sin of pride and exaggerated self-importance.
Academic text (1990) -
He walked into the room full of self-importance, expecting everyone to pay attention to him.
Synonyms
342
4.5
Feeling that you are more important than other people
133
4.8
Being too proud and acting as if you are better than others
56
5.6
Extreme pride in how you look or what you can do
12
6.3
An attitude of thinking you are better than others because of wealth or class
7
6.1
Thinking and talking about yourself too much and feeling better than others
4
9.9
Trying to make yourself seem more important or powerful than you are
2
7.2
Feeling that you are better than other people because you think highly of yourself
2
7.4
Thinking you are more important or better than other people
2
7.7
Acting like you are more important or more educated than you really are
1
7.9
Thinking that you are more important or powerful than others
1
9.1
A very strong focus on yourself and your needs
1
8.8
Believing your own needs and views are more important than other people's
1
7.4
A way of behaving like you are better than other people because of money or class
1
8.1
A way of behaving that shows you think you are better than other people
Thinking you are much better or more important than other people
A habit of thinking you are better than other people
Acting as if you are very important in a way that annoys others
Too much love and praise for yourself that ignores others
Being too proud of your appearance or abilities
Antonyms
How Self-Important
Surface Forms
Morphology
self-importance = self + importance (transparent) = self + importance
Meaning is directly composed from 'self' (oneself) + 'importance' (significance), so learners can deduce 'an exaggerated sense of one's own importance'.
Etymology
Self-importance is made of self- ('one's own') and importance (from important, 'having value'), so it literally means thinking you are more important than others.