self-consequence

American  

[self-kon-si-kwuhns, self-] / ˈsɛlfˈkɒn sɪ kwəns, ˌsɛlf- /

noun

1. self-important character or quality; self-importance.

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Etymology

Origin of self-consequence

First recorded in 1770–80

Example Sentences

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self-consequence

It is essentially Friel's lack of self-consequence that makes her so appealingly distinct from other British actresses--and many American ones too.

From Time Magazine Archive

She had high animal spirits, and a sort of natural self-consequence, which the attentions of the officers, to whom her uncle’s good dinners and her own easy manners recommended her, had increased into assurance.

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen

"A tall, gawky-looking, flaxen-haired stripling, apparently of the age of sixteen or eighteen, with complexion of a good parchment color, beardless chin, and as much assumed self-consequence as any two-footed animal I ever saw."

From Famous Americans of Recent Times by James Parton

The influence of this prosperity, however, had its usual effect in developing a love of the world, and a feeling of self-consequence, resulting in some perplexities within the church.

From History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume II. by Rufus Anderson

Was he so self-conscious and so vain that he could not get over that small slight to his self-consequence, committed in haste and confusion by an ignorant girl?

From The First Violin A Novel by Jessie Fothergill