🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

自己重要

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Jiko jūyō

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Self-Important/ˌsɛlf ɪmˈpɔːrtənt/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"彼の自己重要な態度は他の人との協力を難しくした。"

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Having an exaggerated sense of one's own importance or worth.

    "His self-important attitude made it difficult for others to work with him."
  2. 2

    Characterized by a belief in one's superiority over others.

    "The self-important executive often dismissed the ideas of his subordinates."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'self-important' combines 'self', from Old English 'seolf', meaning 'oneself', and 'important', derived from Latin 'importans', meaning 'significant' or 'weighty'. The phrase evolved in the late 19th century to describe individuals who possess an inflated sense of their own value or importance.

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