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Look up: Vanity

  1. vanity
    [n] - the quality of being valueless or futile
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. vanity
    a form of bias encountered in surveys of human populations which can be introduced into the results through distorted responses by the individuals being questioned.The person questioned fails to give an accurate reply but makes instead an assertion more pleasing to his personal vanity Category: Statistics • meuble dans la salle de bain ou dans la chambre. Category: Domestic economy<…
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  3. Vanity
    Van"i·ty noun ; plural Vanities . [ Middle English vanite , vanité , Latin vanitas , from vanus empty, vain. See Vain .] 1. The quality or state of being vain; want of substance to satisfy desire; emptiness; unsubstantialness; unrealness; falsity. « Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is …
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/V/6

  4. vanity
    Origin: OE. Vanite, vanite, L. Vanitas, fr. Vanus empty, vain. See Vain. ... 1. The quality or state of being vain; want of substance to satisfy desire; emptiness; unsubstantialness; unrealness; falsity. "Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity." (Eccl. I. 2) "Here I may well show the vanity of that which is reporte …
    Found on http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?v

  5. vanity
    noun the quality of being valueless or futile; `he rejected the vanities of the world`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  6. Vanity
    • (n.) The quality or state of being vain; want of substance to satisfy desire; emptiness; unsubstantialness; unrealness; falsity. • (n.) An inflation of mind upon slight grounds; empty pride inspired by an overweening conceit of one`s personal attainments or decorations; an excessive desire for notice or approval; pride; ostentation; con...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  7. vanity
    vanity 1. Excessive pride in one's appearance, qualities, abilities, achievements, etc.; character or quality of being vain; conceit: "The failure of being elected was a great blow to his vanity." 2. A lack of real value; hollowness; worthlessness: "She persisted with the vanity of a selfish life." 3. Something worthless, trivial, or pointless. 4. A ...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  8. VANITY
    A bathroom storage cabinet beneath the counter.
    Found on http://www.tjader.com/glossary.html

  9. vanity
    1. feelings of excessive pride
    2. the quality of being valueless or futile
    3. the trait of being vain and conceited
    4. low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup

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