vanity

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun feelings of excessive pride
  2. noun the quality of being valueless or futile
  3. noun the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride

Etymology

From va(i)n + -ity, from Middle English vanite, from Old French vanité, from Latin vānitas, from vānus, whence English vain. Doublet of vanitas.

In classic literature

Synonyms

amour propre, conceit, self-love

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