A Selection of English Synonyms
A Selection of English Synonyms
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Hence we may see men of high rank and great wealth who look down on those who are far superior in mind to themselves; this does not proceed from their overrating their own abilities, but merely from their overrating the claims of that very wealth and rank, and thinking it entitled to more Digitized by CjOOQIC 108 Self-conceit, pride, vcmity, Jkc.
respect and veneration than the greatest talents or the most eminent virtues.
* Haughtiness' proceeds from pride, but is ap- plied almost exclusively ...to manners and deport- ment. A proud disposition will often show itself in haughty manners.
' Vanity' may exist along with pride or self- conceit, but is not implied by either of them. It is a word which has imdergone a great variety of changes. Originally it meant emptiness, hollow- ness, (from the Latin vcmus,) thence it came to signify something unreal, fictitious, false. This was its meaning in Shakspeare's time ; he speaks of ' lying vainness/ By degrees its meaning was modified, till it came to be used in the sense which it has now acquired — an excessive desire of applause and approbation for qualities we do pos- sess, as well as for those we do not Persons are said to be vain of their talents or beauty, when they really possess these qualifications.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Hence we may see men of high rank and great wealth who look down on those who are far superior in mind to themselves; this does not proceed from their overrating their own abilities, but merely from their overrating the claims of that very wealth and rank, and thinking it entitled to more Digitized by CjOOQIC 108 Self-conceit, pride, vcmity, Jkc.
respect and veneration than the greatest talents or the most eminent virtues.
* Haughtiness' proceeds from pride, but is ap- plied almost exclusively ...to manners and deport- ment. A proud disposition will often show itself in haughty manners.
' Vanity' may exist along with pride or self- conceit, but is not implied by either of them. It is a word which has imdergone a great variety of changes. Originally it meant emptiness, hollow- ness, (from the Latin vcmus,) thence it came to signify something unreal, fictitious, false. This was its meaning in Shakspeare's time ; he speaks of ' lying vainness/ By degrees its meaning was modified, till it came to be used in the sense which it has now acquired — an excessive desire of applause and approbation for qualities we do pos- sess, as well as for those we do not Persons are said to be vain of their talents or beauty, when they really possess these qualifications.
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