bovarism

bovarism [boh-vuh-riz-uh m] ExamplesWord Origin noun

1. an exaggerated, especially glamorized, estimate of oneself; conceit.

Origin of bovarism 1900–05; French bovaryisme, after Emma Bovary, a character in Flaubert’s novel Madame Bovary (1857); see -ism Related formsbo·va·rist, nounbo·va·ris·tic, adjective Examples from the Web for bovarism Historical Examples of bovarism

There is, however, this difference in the Bovarism of Nature’s most exquisite moments.

Impressions And Comments

Havelock Ellis