Noun: self-importance self im'por-t(u)n(t)s
- An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
"The CEO's self-importance was off-putting to the employees";
- ego, egotism
- An exaggerated opinion of your own importance
"His self-importance made him impossible to work with";
- egotism, swelled head [N. Amer, informal]
Derived forms: self-importances
Type of: conceit, conceitedness, pride, pridefulness, vanity
Encyclopedia: Self-importance