self-importance
noun
self-im·por·tance
ˌself-im-ˈpȯr-tᵊn(t)s 
-tən(t)s
1
: an exaggerated estimate of one's own importance : self-conceit
2
: arrogant or pompous behavior
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Examples of self-importance in a Sentence
the boxer's flamboyant self-importance often made for a colorful prefight press conference
her overbearing self-importance has given her a sense of entitlement
Recent Examples on the Web
The arrogance and self-importance are off the charts.
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Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2024
But even Murphy’s prestige projects seem to have swapped sincerity for self-importance.
—Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024
So: The Milanese Loop. Michael Calore: Which has always been the height of that Apple self-importance.
—Michael Calore, WIRED, 12 Sep. 2024
The entire film reeks of self-importance and a need to remind us all that those behind the camera are smarter than anyone in the audience.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 12 Sep. 2024
Eliminating face-to-face contact through this medium might reduce their defensiveness and shyness in social relations while satisfying their need for popularity and inflated self-importance.
—Joy Emeh, Health, 9 Sep. 2024
Only in America could men like Donald Trump and Roy Cohn exist — their greed, their lust for power, their belief in themselves and their self-importance a product of the myths of independence and self-reliance they were fed since birth.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2024
And then there were the two best additions to the cast, the witchy Alys Rivers (Gayle Rankin) and the chronically nonplussed Simon Strong (Simon Russell Beale), neither of whom could be arsed to put up with Daemon’s brooding self-importance.
—Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
Chalk up their bravado to self-importance—but also to a need for attention and personal gain.
—Nick Rockel, Fortune, 26 July 2024
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Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2024
But even Murphy’s prestige projects seem to have swapped sincerity for self-importance.
—Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024
So: The Milanese Loop. Michael Calore: Which has always been the height of that Apple self-importance.
—Michael Calore, WIRED, 12 Sep. 2024
The entire film reeks of self-importance and a need to remind us all that those behind the camera are smarter than anyone in the audience.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 12 Sep. 2024
Eliminating face-to-face contact through this medium might reduce their defensiveness and shyness in social relations while satisfying their need for popularity and inflated self-importance.
—Joy Emeh, Health, 9 Sep. 2024
Only in America could men like Donald Trump and Roy Cohn exist — their greed, their lust for power, their belief in themselves and their self-importance a product of the myths of independence and self-reliance they were fed since birth.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2024
And then there were the two best additions to the cast, the witchy Alys Rivers (Gayle Rankin) and the chronically nonplussed Simon Strong (Simon Russell Beale), neither of whom could be arsed to put up with Daemon’s brooding self-importance.
—Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
Chalk up their bravado to self-importance—but also to a need for attention and personal gain.
—Nick Rockel, Fortune, 26 July 2024
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“Self-importance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-importance. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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