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Vanity Fair
noun
- (in Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress ) a fair that goes on perpetually in the town of Vanity and symbolizes worldly ostentation and frivolity.
- (often lowercase) any place or group, as the world or fashionable society, characterized by or displaying a preoccupation with idle pleasures or ostentation.
- (italics) a novel (1847–48) by Thackeray.
Vanity Fair
noun
- literary.often not capitals the social life of a community, esp of a great city, or the world in general, considered as symbolizing worldly frivolity
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
Vicky Ward was a contributing editor to Vanity Fair for 11 years.
In a hot-button cover story interview with Vanity Fair, Lawrence explained it best.
In an interview with Vanity Fair, Diez said he married the duchess for love, not money.
“What The Little Mermaid Taught Us About Being Grown-Ups,” Vanity Fair commemorated in a GIF-laden post.
Are the guys from Vanity Fair and Time battling it out and trying to get gangster with each other?
People often use the name Vanity Fair to describe a frivolous way of life.
She loafed about and observed, with Vanity Fair under one arm and an apple in the other hand.
This poet was one of the merry company in the days when he wrote regularly for the columns of Vanity Fair.
The best sermon ever preached upon society, within our knowledge, is Vanity Fair.
Tommy Drew, who had a desk in the same office, read Vanity Fair and wanted to talk about it.
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