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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries虚荣项目
Pronunciation / Transliteration: xūróng xiàngmù
"这部电影被批评为一个虚荣项目。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A project undertaken primarily for the sake of personal pride or self-importance rather than practical value or utility.
"The film was widely criticized as a vanity project, showcasing the director's ego more than a compelling story." - 2
An endeavor that is more about the creator's self-satisfaction than about meeting the needs of an audience or market.
"His latest album was seen as a vanity project, appealing only to his own artistic whims."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines 'vanity', deriving from the Latin 'vanitas' meaning emptiness or conceit (via Old French), with 'project', originating from the Latin 'projectum' meaning something thrown forward. Emerging in the late 20th century, it describes an enterprise undertaken purely to satisfy the personal ego or vanity of its creator rather than fulfilling an economic or communal necessity.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Vanity project" is said worldwide
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projet de vanité
Transliteration: projet de vanité
"Ce film était largement critiqué comme un projet de vanité."
Eitelkeitsprojekt
Transliteration: Eitelkeitsprojekt
"Das Album wurde als Eitelkeitsprojekt angesehen."
progetto di vanità
Transliteration: progetto di vanità
"Il film è stato criticato come un progetto di vanità."
proyecto de vanidad
Transliteration: proyecto de vanidad
"El álbum fue visto como un proyecto de vanidad."
projeto de vaidade
Transliteration: projeto de vaidade
"O filme foi criticado como um projeto de vaidade."
अहंकार परियोजना
Transliteration: ahankaar pariyojana
"यह फिल्म एक अहंकार परियोजना के रूप में देखी गई।"
虚荣项目
Transliteration: xūróng xiàngmù
"这部电影被批评为一个虚荣项目。"
허영 프로젝트
Transliteration: heoyeong peurojekteu
"이 영화는 허영 프로젝트로 비판받았다."
虚栄心プロジェクト
Transliteration: kyoeishin purojekuto
"この映画は虚栄心プロジェクトとして批判された。"
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