self-importance
- a word derived from self-important.
Example Sentences
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Few sports topics are as reliably ponderous, full of arid data, self-importance and opinions that only make sense to the voters holding them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026
But search results showed criteria for narcissistic personality disorder, a condition marked by unreasonably high self-importance, pathological need for admiration, and a lack of empathy.
From Slate • Jul. 23, 2025
As a kind of counterpart to the Captain’s mental division, Robert Downey Jr. plays four characters who might be seen as one, in that they’re all aspects of American self-importance.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2024
The project enabled the photographer to "get a bit of his swagger back, a bit of his artistic self-importance, which is nice to see," Dr Kyneswood said.
From BBC • Jan. 2, 2024
This magnificence, he sensed in his youthful self-importance, reflected the glorious momentum of his life.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
