bovarism — bovarist, n. bovaristic, adj. /boh veuh riz euhm/, n. an exaggerated, esp. glamorized, estimate of oneself; conceit. [1900 05; < F bovaryisme, after Emma Bovary, a character in Flaubert s novel Madame Bovary (1857); see ISM] * * * … Universalium
bovarism — noun a) An imagined or unrealistic conception of oneself b) An anxiety to escape from a social or sentimental condition judged to be unsatisfactory, sometimes by building a ficti … Wiktionary
bovarism — bo·va·rism … English syllables
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Jean Price-Mars — (1876 1969) was a Haitian writer. Born in Grande Rivière du Nord, Price Mars obtained a degree in medicine and worked as a diplomat. Some of his most notable works are the book Ainsi Parla l Oncle (1928), which was translated into English as So… … Wikipedia
Mateiu Caragiale — Mateiu Ion Caragiale Born March 25, 1885(1885 03 25) Bucharest Died January 17, 1936(1936 01 17) (aged … Wikipedia
Anton Pann — Infobox Writer name = Anton Pann imagesize = 180px caption = pseudonym = birthname = birthdate = 1790s birthplace = Sliven deathdate = November 2, 1854 deathplace = Bucharest occupation = poet nationality = Wallachian period = 1828–1854 genre =… … Wikipedia
conceit — n 1. self esteem, self importance, self approbation, self admiration, self love, self worship, self adulation; pride, vanity, vainglory, vaingloriousness, bovarism, egotism, Inf. ego trip, Inf. big head; self praise, self glorification,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
egoism — n 1. selfishness, self indulgence, self gratification, self satisfaction, self serving; self consideration, self interest, self aggrandisement, Inf. looking out for number one; personalism, privatism, individualism. 2. egotism, self conceit, self … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
hauteur — n haughtiness, arrogance, self importance, presumptuousness, overconfidence, fastuousness; pretentiousness, hoity toity, affectedness, pomposity, pompousness; snobbery, snobbishness, airs, conceit, conceitedness, vaingloriousness, bovarism,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
