self-important

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: adjective

(disapproving) thinking that you are more important than other people self-importance noun [U] self-importantly adverb

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This is a English–English dictionary entry.

Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

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Same word in other sources

self-importantEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary self-importantEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus

Nearby in the dictionary

self-effacing self-employed self-esteem self-evident self-examination self-explanatory self-expression self-fulfilling self-fulfilment self-government self-help

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