vanity

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the fact that you are too interested in your appearance or achievements:

He wants the job purely for reasons of vanity and ambition.

a piece of bedroom furniture like a table with a mirror and drawers

a small cupboard that stands on the floor in a bathroom and has a washbasin (= a fixed bowl-shaped container for water) in the top

used to describe something that is done with the aim of getting praise, fame, or approval rather than for serious or good reasons:

The new bridge was quickly condemned as a "pointless vanity project", intended to enhance the reputation of the mayor.

vanity publishing

the personal characteristic of being too proud of and interested in yourself, esp. in your appearance or achievements