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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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verb

chiefly dialect

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Recent Examples of conceit
Noun
The conceit is that given executives’ workload, time is precious and needs to be parsed out accordingly. Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 24 Jan. 2025 The central banks claims its stress tests are a necessary look at how banks and financial institutions would weather a variety of economic calamities, but the conceit of such a belief is impressive. John Tamny, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025 The photograph of a marble sculpture displayed on a marble wall at the Nationalgalerie was more than a clever conceit. Richard Meyer, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2025 The first season of Severance walked the line between science-fiction thriller and Office Space-like satire, using a clever conceit (characters can’t remember what happens at work while at home, and vice versa) to open up new storytelling possibilities. Ars Technica, 31 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for conceit
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conceit
Noun
  • The island locale is integral to the collection, acting as a metaphor for luxury, isolation, and indulgence.
    Shivani Vora, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
  • With his calm demeanor and distinctive baritone, Biggie exhibited a rare talent for painting pictures with his bars, delivering a complex rhyme scheme of double entendres and metaphors that has kept him on the Mount Rushmore of rap for any true connoisseur of the genre.
    Shirley Halperin for The Hollywood Reporter, Robb Report, 1 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Then finding a solution for them, but more give them the illusion of choice.
    Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
  • The 400-year-old fort is famed for its mirror work on the walls and 3D carvings creating illusions on its pillars.
    Shalbha Sarda, Architectural Digest, 4 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Each of the bedrooms has a corresponding en suite that features beadboard walls, an oak vanity with rope detailing, and a stone countertop that extends upwards to wrap around the mirrors.
    Morgan Goldberg, Architectural Digest, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Residential wet rooms can be just one feature in an expensive, spa-like primary bathroom decked out with a sauna, toilet, vanity and a mini cold-plunge pool.
    The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Like, imagine how different the world would be if police officers had this same energy for, say, the NYPD, killing hundreds of civilian complaints accusing the department of misconduct.
    Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Just imagining who could play Colman Smith in a TV or movie version of Pixie is enough to seriously excite the producers strutting the Olympia halls.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • An arena spectacle with WWE auras is unusual for Dungeons & Dragons, the famously nerdy tabletop game of fantasy heroics and lucky (or unlucky) rolls of dice.
    Eric Francisco, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2025
  • The fantasy relevance for tight ends as slow as Helm just isn’t there.
    Steve Bradshaw, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • So much more than a story about football players, this series takes in race, socio-economics, and what happens to outsized egos in the face of failure.
    Lisa Wong Macabasco, Vogue, 7 Mar. 2025
  • This kind of self-inquiry forces leaders to separate ego from strategy, ensuring that decisions are based on the best available information rather than past habits.
    Paola Cecchi-Dimeglio, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Lake Havasu City, Arizona Anyone moving to Lake Havasu City for retirement likely envisions spending as much time as possible outside.
    Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 11 Mar. 2025
  • It was envisioned by Frances Perkins during the Great Depression.
    E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The sweetness of growing into a man whose dreams— like leaves or a bird’s nest— came to life.
    Henri Cole, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Soraya excels in science and math, and dreams of becoming a doctor an accountant.
    Maryanne Murray Buechner, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025

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“Conceit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conceit. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.

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