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as in metaphor
an elaborate or fanciful way of expressing something
the conceit that the crowd at the outdoor rock concert was a vast sea of people waving to the beat of the music
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as in illusion
a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality
his dream of swimming in the Olympics is nothing more than a conceit
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as in vanity
an often unjustified feeling of being pleased with oneself or with one's situation or achievements
even though her novels are enormously popular, the writer is more prone to humility than to conceit
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as in to imagine
to form a mental picture of
after a huge meal like that, I cannot conceit eating another thing for the rest of the day
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Recent Examples of conceit
Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026
Each environment feels different and creatively leverages the 3-D printing conceit to create imaginative settings.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2026
That’s conceit behind Pentagon Pizza Report, an X account that tracks the activity at pizza spots near the Pentagon.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Apr. 2026
The Christophers introduces itself as another indie spin on a familiar conceit, then heads in a much more empathetic direction than Soderbergh’s usual portrayal of burglars on the down-low.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Beef’s central conceit relies on Lee Sung Jin’s ability to stretch the initial conflict over the whole season.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026
Each environment feels different and creatively leverages the 3-D printing conceit to create imaginative settings.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2026
That’s conceit behind Pentagon Pizza Report, an X account that tracks the activity at pizza spots near the Pentagon.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Apr. 2026
The Christophers introduces itself as another indie spin on a familiar conceit, then heads in a much more empathetic direction than Soderbergh’s usual portrayal of burglars on the down-low.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conceit
Noun
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This is not a metaphor dropped into a chapter and abandoned.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
8 May 2026
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Anyone who seeks out career advice (in any field) is destined to get bombarded with metaphors.—
Dana Harris-Bridson,
IndieWire,
8 May 2026
Noun
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While Goodman’s paradoxes and fantasies posed challenges to me as her biographer, with the advent of AI slop and ChatGPT, our courtship with illusion (and possibly delusion) is here to stay.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
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Van Dyke saw his job less as someone creating CG imagery — of which there was almost none in the sequence — than as a sort of additional set decorator, adding physical elements to sell the illusion.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
12 May 2026
Noun
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The accompanying bathroom sports dual quartz vanities and an oversize porcelain shower topped by an arched clerestory window.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
8 May 2026
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Bathrooms are also adorned with Calacatta Viola marble vanities and white micro cement showers.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
8 May 2026
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Hiba imagined seeing snow for the first time and living in a cold state, such as Ohio.—
Annie Hylton,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
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Now imagine moving millions of items, each of them delicate, unique, priceless and old.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
13 May 2026
Noun
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Then there are those fighting and clawing to extend their NFL dream, such as Mason Reiger, who signed as a rookie free agent because his draft stock tanked because of medical evaluation.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
10 May 2026
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What was once street play and schoolyard competition now carries the weight of a national dream.—
Ricci Shryock,
NPR,
10 May 2026
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Assayas takes a cynical and clichéd view regarding temptation and corruption, worldly rewards of security and pleasure, even ego and pride, while having nothing to say about the transformations envisioned or the values embodied in the exercise of political authority.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
13 May 2026
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To be an athlete is to prove yourself constantly, to always be risking your ego and your body.—
Jade Chang,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
Verb
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Matsuzawa envisioned a future that would keep him in Japan — college, followed by a career.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
15 May 2026
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Her role, the one head coach Cori Close envisioned to complete a team built to win it all, centered on joy and culture.—
Ira Gorawara,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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Keeping track of the other, less consequential games may then only appeal to sports bettors and fantasy football players.—
Bobby Burack OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
14 May 2026
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Projects in development span the genres of romance, drama, horror, action and fantasy.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
14 May 2026
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“Conceit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conceit. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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