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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
Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2024
The show uses its time-bending conceit to great effect, putting a different flavor on each investigation and letting the era’s prejudices impact the detectives.
—Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 2 Nov. 2024
The conceit could easily dissolve into artifice, but Beans, under Danya Taymor’s direction, never lost the thread, binding all three characters into a whole, revealing the many folds of the self.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
The conceit was that cast members Samberg and Bill Hader were trying to talk SNL creator Lorne Michaels into adding their low-budget sci-fi film to the show.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 2 Dec. 2024
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The central conceit was that Urkel and Laura were now married and had a nerdy son, Steve Urkel Jr.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2024
The show uses its time-bending conceit to great effect, putting a different flavor on each investigation and letting the era’s prejudices impact the detectives.
—Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 2 Nov. 2024
The conceit could easily dissolve into artifice, but Beans, under Danya Taymor’s direction, never lost the thread, binding all three characters into a whole, revealing the many folds of the self.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
The conceit was that cast members Samberg and Bill Hader were trying to talk SNL creator Lorne Michaels into adding their low-budget sci-fi film to the show.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 2 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conceit
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As with Aymara speakers, the metaphor manifests in gesture: how Yupno speakers point depends on the orientation of the nearest mountain range.Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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The metaphor of transferring from gasoline/diesel to electric EV vehicles might be another reason.Zain Jaffer, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2024
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Part of the show’s magic is that performers can literally be anybody or anything and the listener completes the illusion with their mind’s eye.Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
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The illusion of the regime's power was as important to Assad as Saydnaya prison, as the multiple branches of the intelligence services, military brigades and their brutal physical force.James Longman, ABC News, 10 Dec. 2024
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The bathroom itself looks a lot like its counterpart and has a shower, a small vanity sink, and a flushing toilet, as well as some more storage.Adam Williams, New Atlas, 14 Dec. 2024
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Here, garland drapes over each medicine cabinet and fills a small bowl on the vanity top, adding punches of color and festivity without being too literal.Abby Wolner, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Dec. 2024
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The Electric State imagines a world in which robots have rebelled, been punished, and sentenced to exile in the titular state.Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 18 Dec. 2024
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And yet, Beecher imagined a kitchen with work centers equipped with the latest technologies and innovations.Michelle Mastro, JSTOR Daily, 18 Dec. 2024
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Oh, and actually, Week 17 fantasy football rankings, too.Jake Ciely, The Athletic, 25 Dec. 2024
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The historical fantasy series My Lady Jane offers an alternative scenario where Jane (Emily Bader) avoids that fate with the help of her eventual husband, Lord Guilford Dudley (Edward Bluemel), and humans who can take animal form known as Ethians.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2024
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The mentors who called you out, the lessons that battered your ego.Jodie Cook, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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After surviving the Holocaust, a Hungarian Jewish architect (Adrien Brody) comes to America and is commissioned by an industrialist (Guy Pearce) to build a community center, while trying to bring his wife (Felicity Jones) over from Europe and weathering his own ego and vices.Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
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Instead of another take on the battle royale genre, this new studio has been working on several projects, most notably a survival game called Prologue: Go Wayback!, which are envisioned as pieces of a bigger puzzle.Diego Argüello, Rolling Stone, 23 Dec. 2024
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Ohio Republicans will hold 73% of seats in the Senate and 66% of seats in the House starting in 2025, so that threshold might not be the check Blessing envisioned.Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 22 Dec. 2024
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After an overtime Super Bowl win, a star tight end kissed his girlfriend, the world's most successful pop star, as confetti flew—the stuff dreams are made of.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
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Albert is a Douglas fir tree whose hope and dream is to become his hometown's most famous Christmas tree.Skyler Caruso, People.com, 21 Dec. 2024
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“Conceit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conceit. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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