"Vanity is the excessive belief in oneĀ“s own abilities or attractiveness to others. Prior to the 14th century it did not have such narcissistic undertones, and ...
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merely meant futility. The related term vainglory is now often seen as an archaic synonym for vanity, but originally meant boasting in vain, i.e. unjustified boasting; although glory is now seen as having a predominantly positive meaning,[citation needed] the Latin term from which it derives, gloria, roughly means boasting, and was often used as a negative criticism." - (en.wikipedia.org 27.11.2019)