conceit

1. (countable, uncountable)The faculty of conceiving ideas; mental faculty; apprehension.

   a man of quick conceit

2. (countable, uncountable)Quickness of apprehension; active imagination; lively fancy.

3. (countable)A novel or fanciful idea; a whim.

4. (countable, rhetoric)An ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device.

   Eingebung, Einfall, Konzept

   изощрённая мета́фора и́ли сравне́ниеizoščrjónnaja metáfora íli sravnénije

5. (uncountable)Overly high self-esteem; vain pride; hubris.

   Einbildung, Dünkel, Eigendünkel

   самомне́ниеsamomnénije, тщесла́виеtščeslávije, го́норgónor

   the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride

6. (countable, uncountable)Design; pattern.

7. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Something conceived in the mind; an idea, a thought.

8. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Opinion, (neutral) judgment.

9. (archaic, countable, dialectal, uncountable)Esteem, favourable opinion.

1. Her conceit about her beauty annoyed many people.

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2. He is so full of conceit that everybody dislikes him.

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3. The world tolerates conceit from those who are successful, but not from anybody else.

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4. Conceit, arrogance and egotism are the essentials of patriotism.

   ruЧванство, высокомерие и себялюбие – ключевые составляющие патриотизма.

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5. He has an enormous conceit.

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