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[ van -i-tee ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈvæn ɪ ti / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun, plural van·i·ties. excessive pride in one's appearance, qualities, abilities, achievements, etc.; character or quality of being vain; conceit: Failure to be elected was a great blow to his vanity.
an instance or display of this quality or feeling.
something about which one is vain or excessively proud: His good looks are his greatest vanity.
lack of real value; hollowness; worthlessness: the vanity of a selfish life.
something worthless, trivial, or pointless.
vanity case.
dressing table.
a wide, counterlike shelf containing a wash basin, as in the bathroom of a hotel or residence, often equipped with shelves, drawers, etc., underneath.
a cabinet built below or around a bathroom sink, primarily to hide exposed pipes.
compact1 (def. 13).
SEE MORE SEE LESS adjective produced as a showcase for one's own talents, especially as a writer, actor, singer, or composer: surprisingly entertaining for a vanity production.
of, relating to, or issued by a vanity press: a spate of vanity books.
Origin of vanity First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English vanite from Old French vanité from Latin vānitās, equivalent to vān- (see vain) + -itās -ity
SYNONYMS FOR vanity 1 egotism, complacency, vainglory, ostentation.
4 emptiness, sham, unreality, folly, triviality, futility.
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synonym study for vanity 1 . See pride.
OTHER WORDS FROM vanity van·i·tied, adjective Words nearby vanity vanishing cream, vanishing lung syndrome, vanishing point, vanitas, vanitory, vanity , vanity bag, vanity case, Vanity Fair, Vanity of vanities; all is vanity, vanity plate
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Example sentences from the Web for vanity Vicky Ward was a contributing editor to Vanity Fair for 11 years.
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In a hot-button cover story interview with Vanity Fair, Lawrence explained it best.
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| Kevin Fallon| December 27, 2014| DAILY BEAST
In an interview with Vanity Fair, Diez said he married the duchess for love, not money.
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“What The Little Mermaid Taught Us About Being Grown-Ups,” Vanity Fair commemorated in a GIF-laden post.
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Are the guys from Vanity Fair and Time battling it out and trying to get gangster with each other?
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Men go sighing on, drinking their rivers of pleasure and climbing their mountains of vanity .
The Hart and the Water-Brooks; | John R. Macduff
His sincere purpose was, he declared, “to recommend goodness and innocence,” and his obvious aversions are vanity and hypocrisy.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 | Various
The pomp and vanity of dress was carried by both sexes to extravagance.
The Revolt of The Netherlands, Complete | Friedrich Schiller
It diverged from France to England, and for a while marked the vanity of the small advances in literature of our female coteries.
The History of Chivalry, Volume I (of 2) | Charles Mills
No doubt you are inclined to say that all is vanity and vexation of spirit, but do not do so for He knoweth the way that we take.
Putnam's Phrase Book | Edwin Hamlin Carr
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British Dictionary definitions for vanity noun plural -ties the state or quality of being vain; excessive pride or conceit
ostentation occasioned by ambition or pride
an instance of being vain or something about which one is vain
the state or quality of being valueless, futile, or unreal
something that is worthless or useless
NZ short for vanity unit
Word Origin for vanity C13: from Old French vanité, from Latin vānitās emptiness, from vānus empty
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Words related to vanity pride, arrogance, narcissism, self-love, show, ostentation, pretension, airs, vainglory, affectation, display, conceitedness, smugness, self-worship, ego trip, self-admiration