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What is the noun for vainglorying?

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vanity
  1. That which is vain, futile, or worthless; that which is of no value, use or profit.
  2. Excessive pride in or admiration of one's own abilities, appearance or achievements.
  3. A dressing table used to apply makeup, preen, and coif hair. The table is normally quite low and similar to a desk, with drawers and one or more mirrors on top. Either a chair or bench is used to sit upon.
  4. A washbasin installed into a permanently fixed storage unit, used as an item of bathroom furniture.
  5. Emptiness.
  6. (obsolete) Any idea, theory or statement that is without foundation.
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  8. Examples:
    1. “Her vanity would not allow her to believe that he was not totally infatuated with her.”
      “The eroded head of a figure on a tombstone suggests the vanity of attempts to stem the ravages of time.”
      “Eva sat at her vanity table, brushing her long dark hair, absent-mindedly, thinking of other things.”
vainglory
vaniloquence
  1. Idle or vain talk.
vainesse
  1. Obsolete form of vainness.
vainness
  1. The property of being vain.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Her constant bragging and need for attention showcased her unwarranted vainness, overshadowing any genuine humility.”
      “The vainness of his attempts to change her mind became increasingly apparent as she remained steadfast in her decision.”
      “Drive it out and along with it any taints of vainness, distrust, hatred or other such clouds shadowing your life.”
vaingloriousness
  1. vainglory
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  3. Examples:
    1. “There's a vague radical unease about the vaingloriousness and opulence of it all.”
      “Although they realized his vaingloriousness after the war, it came too late in the day to save the president's skin.”
      “One may detect a tone of self-righteous bigotry and decry it, as one may regret some of Paul's vaingloriousness.”
vainglories
vanities
  1. plural of vanity
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  3. Examples:
    1. “He only ever sat for the occasional portrait and despised the excesses and vanities of his day.”
      “A man is inseparable from his congenital vanities and stupidities, as a dog is inseparable from its fleas.”
      “The American presidential election turned out to be a bonfire of the vanities for the acolytes of political correctness.”
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