Conceit in a sentence as a noun

That made me think "I have to do this future talk now in case the past/future conceit gets beaten into the ground.

There's a conceit among technologists that Washington doesn't know how technology works.

Great advice, but not a new idea: "Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.

If there is any pink slime in the audience, I apologize for putting you in the same sentence as the New York Times editorial page, it is just adopting a common conceit to make a point.

I agree with the premise of the article and it draws some nice analogies, but there are so many of these "don't interrupt a developer when they're programming" posts now that it's starting to encourage conceit among developers.

And it is no true wisdom that you offer your disciples, but only its semblance, for by telling them of many things without teaching them you will make them seem to know much, while for the most part they know nothing, and as men filled, not with wisdom, but with the conceit of wisdom, they will be a burden to their fellows.

Conceit definitions

noun

feelings of excessive pride

See also: self-love vanity

noun

an elaborate poetic image or a far-fetched comparison of very dissimilar things

noun

a witty or ingenious turn of phrase; "he could always come up with some inspired off-the-wall conceit"

noun

an artistic device or effect; "the architect's brilliant conceit was to build the house around the tree"

noun

the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride

See also: conceitedness vanity