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1. (n.) vanity
excessive pride in oneself or one's appearance; character or quality of being vain.
2. vanity
an instance of this quality or feeling.
3. vanity
something about which one is vain.
4. vanity
lack of real value; worthlessness.
5. vanity
something worthless, trivial, or pointless.
6. vanity
a cabinet built around or below a bathroom sink.
7. (adj.) vanity
produced as a showcase for one's own performing talents.
8. vanity
of, pertaining to, or issued by a vanity press:
vanity books.
Etymology: (1200–50; < OF < L vānitās=vān(us) (see vain ) +-itās -ity)
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1. (noun) amour propre, conceit, self-love, vanity
feelings of excessive pride
2. (noun) vanity, emptiness
the quality of being valueless or futile
"he rejected the vanities of the world"
3. (noun) conceit, conceitedness, vanity
the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride
4. (noun) dressing table, dresser, vanity, toilet table
low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup
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1. (noun) vanity
the quality of having too much pride in your appearance or abilities
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Vanity
the quality or state of being vain; want of substance to satisfy desire; emptiness; unsubstantialness; unrealness; falsity
2. (noun) Vanity
an inflation of mind upon slight grounds; empty pride inspired by an overweening conceit of one's personal attainments or decorations; an excessive desire for notice or approval; pride; ostentation; conceit
3. (noun) Vanity
that which is vain; anything empty, visionary, unreal, or unsubstantial; fruitless desire or effort; trifling labor productive of no good; empty pleasure; vain pursuit; idle show; unsubstantial enjoyment
4. (noun) Vanity
one of the established characters in the old moralities and puppet shows. See Morality, n., 5
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Sense: excessive admiration of oneself; conceit
Vanity is her chief fault.
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 Afrikaans: ydelheid |
 Arabic: زَهْو، غُرور |
 Bulgarian: суета |
 Brazilian: vaidade |
 Czech: marnivost |
 German: die Eitelkeit |
 Danish: selvoptagethed |
 Greek: ματαιοδοξία |
 Spanish: vanidad |
 Estonian: edevus |
 Farsi: تکبر |
 Finnish: turhamaisuus |
 French: vanité |
 Hebrew: יְהִירוּת, גַנדרָנוּת |
 Hindi: गर्व |
 Croatian: umišljenost |
 Hungarian: hiúság |
 Indonesian: sikap sombong |
 Icelandic: hégómagirnd |
 Italian: vanità |
 Japanese: 虚栄心 |
 Korean: 자만심 |
 Lithuanian: tuštybė |
 Latvian: iedomība |
 Malay: rasa megah diri |
 Dutch: ijdelheid |
 Norwegian: forfengelighet |
 Polish: próżność |
 Portuguese: vaidade |
 Romanian: vanitate |
 Russian: тщеславие |
 Slovak: márnivosť |
 Slovenian: nečimrnost |
 Serbian: taština |
 Swedish: fåfänga |
 Thai: ความหยิ่งยโส |
 Turkish: kendini beğenmişlik, kibi |
 Taiwanese: 虛榮心 |
 Ukrainian: порожній гонор; марнослав |
 Urdu: بے جا غرور |
 Vietnamese: tính kiêu ngạo, tự phụ |
 Chinese: 虚荣心 |
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