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What is the noun for conceiting?

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conceit
  1. (obsolete) Something conceived in the mind; an idea, a thought. [14th–18th c.]
  2. The faculty of conceiving ideas; mental faculty; apprehension.
  3. Quickness of apprehension; active imagination; lively fancy.
  4. (obsolete) Opinion, (neutral) judgment. [14th–18th c.]
  5. (now rare, dialectal) Esteem, favourable opinion. [from 15th c.]
  6. (countable) A novel or fanciful idea; a whim. [from 16th c.]
  7. (rhetoric) An ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device. [from 16th c.]
  8. (uncountable) Overly high self-esteem; vain pride; hubris. [from 17th c.]
  9. Design; pattern.
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  11. Examples:
    1. “It is clear from his arrogance and boundless conceit that he has never faced serious opposition from the working class.”
      “The image of Coe as an egg-laying bird is a gratuitous conceit which can hardly be said to represent the man.”
      “Although not merely a conceit, neither was the donna angelicata really an angel.”
conceitedness
  1. The state of being conceited; conceit; vanity.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “We will attempt to limit our bourgeois conceitedness and be content with maintaining an honorable position beside the aristocracy.”
      “Anger flared up inside me and I seethed at the conceitedness of the stupid Goth.”
      “But this and his conceitedness were two of the things that had made him seem cute when I was a sophomore.”
conceits
  1. plural of conceit
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The collage elements intricately play off the metaphoric conceits or evocative turns of phrase of the elaborately lettered texts.”
      “And all the while, as you're occupied with these little conceits, the film's geologic strata are shifting into place.”
      “As a result, artists are constructing elaborate conceits to make what they produce fit into the category of a print.”
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