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bovarism

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bo⋅va⋅rism

  [boh-vuh-riz-uhm]
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–noun
an exaggerated, esp. glamorized, estimate of oneself; conceit.
Origin:
1900–05; < F bovaryisme, after Emma Bovary, a character in Flaubert's novel Madame Bovary (1857); see -ism

Related forms:
bo⋅va⋅rist, noun
bo⋅va⋅ris⋅tic, adjective
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