conceit

  1. Noun.  (uncountable) Overly high self-esteem; vain pride; hubris.
  2. Noun.  (obsolete) Something conceived in the mind; a conception; a notion; an idea; a thought.
  3. Noun.  (countable) A novel or fanciful idea; a whim.
  4. Noun.  (countable, rhetoric) A device of analogy consisting of an extended metaphor.

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