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vanity

va nuh tee

  • n  feelings of excessive pride
  • n  the quality of being valueless or futile
  • n  the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride
  • n  low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup

  • For 20 years, California's motor vehicles department has issued aptly named vanity license plates to 1.
  • It is a gateway to the ultimate vanity: immortality.
  • If watching oneself is, as Jackson claims, all actors' secret pleasure, Jackson distinguishes himself from his peers in two ways: he cops to vanity, and his vanity has a track .
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  • Miley Cyrus in Reuters
    For Vanity Fair, I was so honored and thrilled to work with Annie. I took part in a photo shoot that was supposed to be 'artistic' and now, seeing the photographs and reading the story, I feel so embarrassed,Cyrus said in a statement...
  • Carlos Monsivais in The Associated Press
    I, for one, don't associate the struggle of the Indians in Chiapas with support for indefensible causes, intolerant language, cheap jokes and radical vanity,Monsivais wrote.
  • Keith Richards in Huffington Post (blog)
    Addressing Jagger's on-stage presence, Richards told the magazine, "Excuse me while I laugh. He's a bit vain, let's put it like that," before adding: "We want a vain bloke up there, don't we? Meanwhile, the band can go to work. Vanity will...

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