conceit

Conceit is the enemy of / to progress.

Conceit is associated with stupidity and ignorance.

Conceit and complacency are the archenemy of unity.

Error is often the precursor of what is correct,but conceit is the prelude to a fall.

the director's brilliant conceit was to film this tale in black and white.

Don't grow conceited over your successes.

There is a savo(u)r of conceit in everything he says.

constant boasting that reveals conceit;

He is all out of conceit with that book; it is so simple.

They hated that conceited, self-satisfied creature.

he is alarmed by the widespread conceit that he spent most of the 1980s drunk.

He became conceited after only modest success.

Conceit comes from shallowness;arrogance is due to ignorance.

I’m not as conceited as so many people seem to think.

Many people become conceited after only modest success.

he's so conceited he'd never believe anyone would refuse him.

Promoted too quickly, the conceited young man became overbearing.