self-importance

English

Etymology

self- +‎ importance

Noun

self-importance (uncountable)

1. An exaggerated estimate of one's own importance or merit, especially as manifested by the conduct or manners; self-conceit.
   • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 168–169:

     Lord Marchmont was about thirty years of age, and what is generally called a fine-looking man. His figure was good, as far as his height and proportion went; but his movements wanted ease, and, consequently, grace; and there was something of self-importance in his air—the last thing in the world to prepossess a beholder in his favour.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:arrogance

Translations

exaggerated estimate of one's own importance

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自視過高／自视过高 (zh) (zìshìguògāo), 妄自尊大 (zh) (wàngzìzūndà)

• Finnish: itsetärkeys
• Hungarian: beképzeltség (hu)
• Irish: mórchúis f, postúlacht f
• Maori: whakaī, whakakake
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: selvhøytidelighet (no) m or f

• Portuguese: soberba (pt) f
• Russian: ва́жность (ru) f (vážnostʹ), напы́щенность (ru) f (napýščennostʹ), надме́нность (ru) f (nadménnostʹ), самомне́ние (ru) n (samomnénije)

References

• “self-importance”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.