- Fruitlessness - Self conceit - Self-conceit - The quality or state of being vain; want of substance to
satisfy desire; emptiness; unsubstantialness; unrealness; falsity. - An inflation of mind upon slight grounds; empty pride
inspired by an overweening conceit of one's personal attainments or
decorations; an excessive desire for notice or approval; pride;
ostentation; conceit. - That which is vain; anything empty, visionary, unreal, or
unsubstantial; fruitless desire or effort; trifling labor productive of
no good; empty pleasure; vain pursuit; idle show; unsubstantial
enjoyment. - One of the established characters in the old moralities and
puppet shows. See Morality, n., 5.
- Self-centredness - Self-conceit - The practice of too frequently using the word I; hence, a
speaking or writing overmuch of one's self; self-exaltation;
self-praise; the act or practice of magnifying one's self or parading
one's own doings. The word is also used in the sense of egoism.
- Conceited person - Self centered ego - Self centred person - Self conceit - Vain person - One given overmuch to egoism or thoughts of self. - A believer in egoism.
- The quality or state of being sufficient, or adequate
to the end proposed; adequacy. - Qualification for any purpose; ability; capacity. - Adequate substance or means; competence. - Supply equal to wants; ample stock or fund. - Conceit; self-confidence; self-sufficiency.