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self-consequence
[ self-kon-si-kwuhns, self- ]
noun
- self-important character or quality; self-importance.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of self-consequence1
First recorded in 1770–80
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Example Sentences
They grow more and more tenacious of their idle privileges and senseless self-consequence.
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A little self-consequence too began to set in, longing for further recognition of the dignities of Madam Belamour.
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Some there were, indeed, who suggested a too haughty idea of self-consequence and dignity.
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She did not know that selfishness had thrown out the branch of self-consequence.
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"There's nobody else at Verner's Pride should scold me," responded Rachel, with a charming little air of self-consequence.
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