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Definition
feelings of excessive pride
- Others, the majority, disliked him and considered him conceited, cold, and disagreeable.Book Two — 1805 (14% in)
- And now, when one wants to smooth the thing over, some conceit prevents your apologizing, and you wish to make the whole affair public.Book Two — 1805 (25% in)
- Vera, judging only by her husband and generalizing from that observation, supposed that all men, though they understand nothing and are conceited and selfish, ascribe common sense to themselves alone.Book Six — 1808-10 (73% in)
- Wolzogen, shrugging his shoulders and curling his lips, stepped silently aside, marveling at "the old gentleman's" conceited stupidity.Book Ten — 1812 (91% in)
- Am I not too conceited and self-confident?Book Fifteen — 1812-13 (35% in)
There are no more uses of "conceit" in War and Peace.
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