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# conceit

noun (conceit — uncountable in sense 1; a conceit, conceits in sense 2)

«conceit» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Thinking far too well of yourself; being too proud of how clever, good-looking or important you are. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conceit/#m1)
2. (in poetry, formal) a clever, surprising comparison or idea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conceit/#m2)

### In the lessons

Used in stories and character studies to describe a vain, boastful person. It is the noun for «conceited». In The Wind in the Willows Toad is full of conceit: he boasts and sings songs about how wonderful he is. In lessons about values, conceit is the opposite of humility (being humble).

### Examples

- Toad's conceit grew with every song he sang about himself. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conceit/#x1)
- Her conceit made her hard to like. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conceit/#x2)
- He was clever, but without any conceit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conceit/#x3)
- The hare's conceit made him lose the race. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conceit/#x4)
- «I'm the best,» he said, full of conceit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conceit/#x5)
- The story warns against pride and conceit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conceit/#x6)
- The poet used a clever conceit, comparing love to a compass. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conceit/#x7)
- The smaller the mind the greater the conceit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conceit/#x8)

### Note

Uncountable when it means pride: no «a» and no plural. Adjective: conceited (a conceited boy). Different from «concept» (an idea) and «deceit» (lying). Spelling rule: i before e except after c — conceit.

## In Jewish tradition

Here it means imagination or opinion, what a person only imagines in his own mind.

**Interpretation.** The tradition reads Proverbs as warning that wealth is a false security, only a wall in the owner's imagination, while real protection is God's name.

### Examples

- The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as a high wall in his own conceit. (Writings PRO.18.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/conceit/#x1)

### Note

Uncountable when it means pride: no «a» and no plural. Adjective: conceited (a conceited boy). Different from «concept» (an idea) and «deceit» (lying). Spelling rule: i before e except after c — conceit.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «conceit» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conceit/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«conceit» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/conceit.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «conceit» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/conceit/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«conceit» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/conceit.html) on Mova free.