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Meaning of 'vanity' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Vanity [ n.]
- The quality or state of being vain; want of substance to satisfy desire; emptiness; unsubstantialness; unrealness; falsity.
- An inflation of mind upon slight grounds; empty pride inspired by an overweening conceit of one's personal attainments or decorations; an excessive desire for notice or approval; pride; ostentation; conceit.
- That which is vain; anything empty, visionary, unreal, or unsubstantial; fruitless desire or effort; trifling labor productive of no good; empty pleasure; vain pursuit; idle show; unsubstantial enjoyment.
- One of the established characters in the old moralities and puppet shows. See Morality, n., 5.

Meaning of 'vanity' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . vanity [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the quality of being valueless or futile
Example in sentence:
  • he rejected the vanities of the world

Nearby Words:

van van-courier vanadate vanadic vanadinite vanadious vanadite vanadium vanadous vanadyl

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