vanity

Excessive self-admiration

Vanity is excessive pride in one's appearance, abilities, or accomplishments—an inflated sense of self-worth that others find tiresome: His vanity wouldn't let him admit the mistake.

The word also names things associated with self-regard: a vanity is a dressing table with a mirror, and a vanity plate is a personalized license plate.

A vanity project is self-indulgent work, often financed by the creator.

In older usage, vanity meant emptiness or futility: Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.

egotism

narcissism

Excessive admiration of oneself

self-love · self-absorption · preening · self-obsession · self-importance · grandiosity · hubris · solipsism · self-centeredness · self-worship

furniture

mirror

Reflective viewing surface

  • dresserBedroom storage furniture
  • tableHorizontal furniture surface
  • stoolBackless sitting furniture

cabinet · drawer · armoire · boudoir · mahogany · antique · ornate · carved · lacquered · bedroom

bathroom

sink

Basin with drain

mirror · cabinet · washbasin · powder room · backsplash · vessel sink · undermount · pedestal · toiletries · marble

futility

emptiness

Absence of substance

shallowness · superficiality · triviality · ephemerality · transience · worthlessness · hollowness · frivolity · fleeting · impermanence

appearance

glamour

Fascinating, elegant attractiveness

fashion · aesthetics · complexion · skincare · contouring · photoshoot · modeling · attractiveness · image · facade

Categories
Opposites
self-regard

vanityhumility

Freedom from arrogance

modesty · humbleness · meekness · self-deprecation · diffidence

concern with appearance

vanitysimplicity

Lack of complexity

plainness · unpretentiousness · naturalness · unaffectedness · artlessness

substance vs. emptiness

vanitysubstance

Physical material with mass

worth · meaning · value · importance · significance

Phrases
Family

vanish, vanities, vanity press, vanity case, vanity table, vanity mirror

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G