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# conceit

«conceit» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Thinking far too well of yourself; being too proud of how…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (conceit — uncountable in sense 1; a conceit, conceits in sense 2)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Thinking far too well of yourself; being too proud of how clever, good-looking or important you are. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/conceit/#m1)

2) (in poetry, formal) a clever, surprising comparison or idea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/conceit/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Here it means imagination or opinion, what a person only imagines in his own mind. Interpretation: The tradition reads Proverbs as warning that wealth is a false security, only a wall in the owner's imagination, while real protection is God's name. In the primary lessons: Used in stories and character studies to describe a vain, boastful person. It is the noun for «conceited». In The Wind in the Willows Toad is full of conceit: he boasts and sings songs about how wonderful he is. In lessons about values, conceit is the opposite of humility (being humble).

### examples

- The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as a high wall in his own conceit. (Writings PRO.18.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/conceit/#x1)
- Toad's conceit grew with every song he sang about himself. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/conceit/#x2)
- Her conceit made her hard to like. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/conceit/#x3)
- He was clever, but without any conceit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/conceit/#x4)
- The hare's conceit made him lose the race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/conceit/#x5)
- «I'm the best,» he said, full of conceit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/conceit/#x6)
- The story warns against pride and conceit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/conceit/#x7)
- The poet used a clever conceit, comparing love to a compass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/conceit/#x8)
- The smaller the mind the greater the conceit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/conceit/#x9)

### note

Uncountable when it means pride: no «a» and no plural. Adjective: conceited (a conceited boy). Different from «concept» (an idea) and «deceit» (lying). Spelling rule: i before e except after c — conceit.

### In the corpora

- [The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as a high wall in his own conceit.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.515/)
- [Conceited = thinks too much of himself; boastful = always showing off about what he has or does.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/29-willows-ch2-part1-ducks-ditty-and-toad-hall/26/)
- [The book calls it «perhaps the most conceited song that any animal ever composed».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/63-willows-ch10-part3-the-conceited-song/2/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «conceit» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/conceit/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.