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vainglory

[ veyn-glawr-ee, -glohr-ee, veyn-glawr-ee, -glohr-ee ]

noun

  1. excessive elation or pride over one's own achievements, abilities, etc.; boastful vanity.

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  2. empty pomp or show.

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vainglory

/ ËŒ±¹±ðɪ²Ôˈɡ±ôɔ˰ùɪ /

noun

  1. boastfulness or vanity
  2. ostentation
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of vainglory1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English vainglorie, vein glorie, from Old French vaine gloiri, from translation of Latin vÄna glÅria “empty gloryâ€; ( vain, glory )
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See pride.
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Example Sentences

That’s the mantra for wide receivers, a group long known for their vainglory.

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When Williams conducts the “Imperial March,†he can both scare you with the Empire’s fully-operational battle power, as with the Berlin Philharmonic, and mock its vainglory, as with the Vienna Philharmonic.

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Another way to view this, as "The White Lotus" reminds us, is that the show's exhibitions of vainglory and egotism are neither inherently masculine nor feminine.

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Out it all pours: the vainglory, the moral equivocation and especially the furious envy of “Albert bloody Pierrepoint,†the “Number One hangman all them years,†with hundreds more executions to his credit.

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When she says, “All white people look the same†or “It’s true, I am good at everything,†there is vulnerability to her vainglory because it is so transparently insecure.

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