vainglory
excessive elation or pride over one's own achievements, abilities, etc.; boastful vanity.
empty pomp or show.
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How to use vainglory in a sentence
Suspicion and vainglory, as Ronald Grigor Suny shows, were present from the start in Stalin’s approach to politics.
Did Stalin’s rise to power foretell the butchery that came next? | Robert Service | October 30, 2020 | Washington PostIt seems like teenage vainglory: I can hear the Megadeth tape blasting in his yellow 1979 Le Mans from a block away.
vainglory is not nearly so bad in a private person or even in an official as it is in a minister.
Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians | Martin LutherTo desire vainglory is to desire lies, because when one person praises another he tells lies.
Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians | Martin LutherFrance, by vainglory and the old literary pretensions of Anjou, had also a balancing claim upon Italy.
The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 (2 vols) | Thomas De Quincey
A contemptuous designation, expressive of the combination of folly and vainglory.
I wish you well, for a pride founded on self-respect is pleasing in mine eyes; but take heed lest pride degenerate into vainglory.
An Egyptian Princess, Complete | Georg Ebers
British Dictionary definitions for vainglory
/ (ˌveɪnˈɡlɔːrɪ) /
boastfulness or vanity
ostentation
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