noun (plural vanities)
1 [U] (disapproving) too much pride in your own appearance, abilities or achievements:
She had no personal vanity (= about her appearance). * The invitation to head the committee flattered his vanity and he agreed.
seealsoVAIN
2 [U] (literary) the quality of being unimportant, especially compared with other things that are important:
the vanity of human ambition in the face of death
3 (vanities) [pl.] behaviour or attitudes that show people's vanity:
Politics is too often concerned only with the personal vanities of politicians.
4 [C] (AmE) = DRESSINGTABLE
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for vanity is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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