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

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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 world of self-consequence peeps out in that 'we straitly charged you,' and a world of contempt peeps out in the avoidance of naming Jesus.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts by Alexander Maclaren

So saying, he sat down full of self-consequence.

From The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; containing a collection of over one thousand of the most laughable sayings and jokes of celebrated wits and humorists. by Various

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

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