Her conceit was obvious to everyone in the room.
An example of conceit is comparing a lover's eyes to the stars in the sky, suggesting that their beauty and brilliance outshine all others. This exaggeration and elaborate comparison highlights the speaker's admiration and affection for their beloved.
You are very narcissistic. I can see the conceit in your voice!
I went through my conceits while I was alone.
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Here was an opportunity of taking the conceit out of him.
Conceit - novel - was created in 2007.
The Fatal Conceit was created in 1988.
one example is in act 2 scene 2:"…O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I!/Is it not monstrous that this player here,/But in a fiction, in a dream of passion,/Could force his soul so to his own conceit…"
Conceit - novel - has 402 pages.
The Fatal Conceit has 194 pages.
Conceit is a noun. The adjective form is 'conceited'.
Conceit is a figure of speech that compares two unlike things in a surprising or exaggerated way to emphasize a particular characteristic. Hyperbole, on the other hand, is an extreme exaggeration used to create emphasis or effect. While both involve exaggeration, conceit usually involves a more elaborate comparison, whereas hyperbole is a direct and extreme exaggeration.