Dictionary of synonyms

Synonyms and antonyms of the word: conceit

Synonyms:

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Antonyms:

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Usage examples:

He said the show’s theme of political conceit allows him to capture 68 minutes of non-stop self-effacing hilarity into one ‘flimsy’ narrative framework.

Source: https://the-riotact.com/vote-1-for-randy-feltface-in-august-at-the-canberra-theatre-centre/682853

His conceit was to make prosaic, cheap and unimportant things monumental and (ironically) prestigious.

Source: https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2023/01/17/i-wanted-to-love-the-new-boston-mlk-statue-but-its-just-awkward/

However, that conceit doesn't take the sting out of seeing a fan favorite leave.

Source: https://www.cbr.com/law-order-svu-why-raul-esparza-barba-left/

It is, however, a movie with a tricky conceit to pull off, one I am trying not to spoil for you.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/21/movies/all-of-us-strangers-review.html

It's the one-shot conceit movie that was done in the mid-'90s, and they hadn't really made one-shot movies yet.

Source: https://collider.com/bruce-campbell-discontinued-evil-dead-interview/

Malcolm Fraser’s granddaughter got out her ouija board this week to tell us that her grandfather, had he still been alive, would have voted yes in the Voice to parliament referendum, the conceit became an instant meme in the chat channels.

Source: https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/albanese-just-spent-364-million-to-make-jacinta-price-pm-20230928-p5e8a9.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_politics_federal

On the downside, the brilliant conceit of the original books was a commentary on mid-2000s pop culture rolling on while the Iraq war was raging, and Collins hasn’t come up with a similarly clever or timely idea to underpin this story.

Source: https://www.fwweekly.com/2023/11/16/hunger-games-snow-falling-on-panem/

Puccini’s is a conceit employed in almost every Western film since.

Source: https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/04/21/sounding-out-renfield/

The book is, in other words, a tale of drift in —but one you get coaxed into reading by the novelty of its conceit.

Source: https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/wrong-way-takes-the-shine-off-the-self-driving-car

The conceit of the novel is there’s this 13-year-old girl … she observes something.

Source: https://littlevillagemag.com/qa-author-dk-nnuro-talks-joy-misery-and-debut-novel-what-napoleon-could-not-do/

The plot twists keep on coming until the novel’s coda, where a final joyful conceit is revealed.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/feb/12/my-fathers-house-by-joseph-oconnor-review-a-literary-thriller-of-the-highest-order