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• s  having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride

• But the story itself has more romantic resonance than some of the more self-important Disney tales.
• The viewer gets so used to candidates truckling to self-important television types that the three-hour Democratic debate in New Hampshire provided two refreshing exceptions.
• As a pretentious, self-important yuppie hipster, I thought it was a great idea to pay a baby-name consultant, an occupation created just a year ago.

• arrogant
• chesty

News & Articles

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• Alan Bickley: Where's evidence data-mining stopped terrorists?
  Dear Editor: This is what you need to know about the war on terror. Despite assertions by excitable and self-important politicians, no evidence has been produced to prove that a terrorist act …
  June 15, 2013 - The Capital Times
• The 'Newsroom' Season 2 Posters Are Just as Over-the-Top as You Would Expect Them to Be
  The second season of The Newsroom is coming, and it's bringing all the self-important melodrama you loved (or hated) about Season 1. HBO has released nine new posters for the drama's upcoming season, which premieres on July 14. The black and white images feature the ACN News Night team brooding about their own importance posing next to quotes from the series as white sheets of paper float around ...
  June 14, 2013 - Zimbio
• The Most Gag-Worthy Quotes From Kanye West's New York Times Interview
  Respect my trendsetting abilities. Once that happens, everyone wins. The world wins.Kanye West gave a ridiculous, gag-worthy, self-important new interview to Jon Caramanica of The New York Times.
  June 12, 2013 - Business Insider

Quotes

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• FRAZIER MOORE in Guardian Unlimited
  He always brings some needed irreverence and smarts to pretty much anything he does,Moore said. "The Oscars are an often very pretentious, self-important institution, and somebody like Jon Stewart is very useful to help deflate a little of...
• Charles Spencer King in Wall Street Journal
  Sadly, the 4x4 has become an acceptable alternative to Mercedes or BMW for the pompous, self-important driver,several obituaries noted that Mr. King told the Daily Mail in 2004. "To use them for the school run, or even in cities or towns...
• Ben Stiller in phillyBurbs.com
  It was funny to me that actors were talking about this incredibly intense experience when in reality it was nothing like being a soldier and going to war,Stiller says in the film's production notes. "That sort of self-important,...