- Look up
conceit in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
conceit is an
extended metaphor,
especially in literature.
Conceit may also
refer to:
Conceit (novel)...
- Gambler's
conceit is the
fallacy described by
behavioral economist David J.
Ewing where a
gambler believes they will be able to stop a
risky behavior...
- An
extended metaphor, also
known as a
conceit or
sustained metaphor, is the use of a
single metaphor or
analogy at
length in a work of literature. It...
- In
drama and
other art forms, the
central conceit of a work of
fiction is the
underlying fictitious ****umption
which must be
accepted by the audience...
- The
Fatal Conceit: The
Errors of
Socialism is a book
written by the
economist and
political philosopher Friedrich Hayek and
edited by the philosopher...
-
Conceit (fl. c. 2007) is an
American rapper from San Francisco. He won the
YouTube "On The Rise"
video contest, [clarification needed][when?]
where the...
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London (1592); The
Pleasant Walks of
Moorefields (1607); The
Pleasant Conceites of Old
Hobson (1607), the hero
being a well-known
haberdasher in the Poultry;...
- album, the band had
demoed three tracks, "A New Level", "Regular
People (
Conceit)" and "No Good (Attack the Radical)". The rest of the
songs were written...
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Eisenbeis of
Anime News
Network felt similarly,
positively comparing the
conceit to
alternate universe fan
fiction and
saying it was a
fresh direction for...
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without being aggressively macho,
irreverent but also
sincere –
helps sell a
conceit that
might have
crashed with any
other actor".
Jawan broke the records...
