vanity

[ van-i-tee ]

/ ˈvæn ɪ ti /

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noun, plural van·i·ties.

excessive pride in one's appearance, qualities, abilities, achievements, etc.; character or quality of being vain; conceit: Failure to be elected was a great blow to his vanity.

an instance or display of this quality or feeling.

something about which one is vain or excessively proud: His good looks are his greatest vanity.

lack of real value; hollowness; worthlessness: the vanity of a selfish life.

something worthless, trivial, or pointless.

vanity case.

dressing table.

a wide, counterlike shelf containing a wash basin, as in the bathroom of a hotel or residence, often equipped with shelves, drawers, etc., underneath.

a cabinet built below or around a bathroom sink, primarily to hide exposed pipes.

compact¹ (def. 13).

adjective

produced as a showcase for one's own talents, especially as a writer, actor, singer, or composer: surprisingly entertaining for a vanity production.

of, relating to, or issued by a vanity press: a spate of vanity books.

OTHER WORDS FOR vanity

1 egotism, complacency, vainglory, ostentation.

4 emptiness, sham, unreality, folly, triviality, futility.

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OPPOSITES FOR vanity

1 humility.

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Origin of vanity

First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English vanite from Old French vanité from Latin vānitās, equivalent to vān- (see vain) + -itās -ity

synonym study for vanity

1. See pride.

OTHER WORDS FROM vanity

van·i·tied, adjective

Words nearby vanity

vanishing cream, vanishing lung syndrome, vanishing point, vanitas, vanitory, vanity, vanity bag, vanity case, Vanity Fair, Vanity of vanities; all is vanity, vanity plate

How to use vanity in a sentence

As the high prices indicate, expect these first electric trucks to serve primarily as vanity vehicles for people who own more than one car.
Five Off-Road Vehicles to Look Forward to in 2021|Wes Siler|January 1, 2021|Outside Online
Live streams are among the few remaining platforms that don’t push curation and vanity but rather thrive on the opposite—authenticity.
How AOC showed politicians the power of live-streaming|matthewheimer|December 8, 2020|Fortune
The Home Depot listing says this vanity is made of particleboard with a front of natural wood, but there aren’t any details about what kind of paint and primer the manufacturer used.
Why does the paint keep peeling on my bathroom vanity?|Jeanne Huber|November 23, 2020|Washington Post
Follower counts are more than just a vanity metric when it comes to influencer marketing.
Social Shorts: Snapchat advertiser certifications, YouTube masthead ads go full CPM, more|Ginny Marvin|November 9, 2020|Search Engine Land

You’ll finally be able to find the bottom of your vanity and maybe even locate that one earring you lost two years ago.
Jewelry organizers that will completely transform your vanity|PopSci Commerce Team|October 14, 2020|Popular-Science
Vicky Ward was a contributing editor to Vanity Fair for 11 years.
I Tried to Warn You About Sleazy Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein in 2003|Vicky Ward|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
In a hot-button cover story interview with Vanity Fair, Lawrence explained it best.
Butts, Brawls, and Bill Cosby: The Biggest Celebrity Scandals of 2014 |Kevin Fallon|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The book, surprisingly, is not the self-aggrandizing vanity trip of a preening pop star one would expect.
Portrait of the Austin Mahone as a Teen Idol|William O’Connor|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In an interview with Vanity Fair, Diez said he married the duchess for love, not money.
Adiós to the Diva Duchess|Barbie Latza Nadeau|November 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“What The Little Mermaid Taught Us About Being Grown-Ups,” Vanity Fair commemorated in a GIF-laden post.
When the Religious Right Attacked ‘The Little Mermaid’|Asawin Suebsaeng|November 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Greater mischiefs happen often from folly, meanness, and vanity than from the greater sins of avarice and ambition.
Pearls of Thought|Maturin M. Ballou
I, therefore, deliver it as a maxim, that whoever desires the character of a proud man ought to conceal his vanity.
Pearls of Thought|Maturin M. Ballou
If I am proof against my own heart, in so dear a cause, shall I not be proof against the poor allurements of vanity and sense?
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
She was as incapable of jealousy as of aching vanity in the fact of a son whom the world was never permitted to forget.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
Her youthful vanity had its way in a mind too speculative, intelligent, observant, merely to be shocked.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton

British Dictionary definitions for vanity

vanity

/ (ˈvænɪtɪ) /

noun plural -ties

the state or quality of being vain; excessive pride or conceit

ostentation occasioned by ambition or pride

an instance of being vain or something about which one is vain

the state or quality of being valueless, futile, or unreal

something that is worthless or useless

NZ short for vanity unit

Word Origin for vanity

C13: from Old French vanité, from Latin vānitās emptiness, from vānus empty

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

vanity

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