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1. the quality of being valueless or futile; "he rejected the vanities of the world" (同)emptiness
2. a vain and frivolous lifestyle especially in large cities

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1. 〈U〉(容姿・才能などにおける)『虚栄心』,うぬぼれ / 〈U〉(…の)『空虚さ』,はかなさ,無益さ《+of+名(doing)》 / 〈C〉むなしい物(行為)
2. (婦人の)携帯用化粧品入れ

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"Vainglory" redirects here. For the Old English poem, see Vainglory (Old English poem). For the style of artwork, see Vanitas. For other uses, see Vanity (disambiguation).

In conventional parlance, vanity is the excessive belief in one's own abilities or attractiveness to others. Prior to the 14th century it did not have such narcissistic undertones, and 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 an exclusively positive meaning, the Latin term gloria (from which it derives) roughly means boasting, and was often used as a negative criticism.

In religion and philosophy

This painting represents the Dutch "Vanitas" (Latin for vanity) by Adam Bernaert, The Walters Art Museum.

In this painting Daydreams by Thomas Couture, the vice of vanity is shown through a boy blowing bubbles. The Walters Art Museum.

In many religions vanity, in its modern sense, is considered a form of self-idolatry, in which one likens their self to the greatness of God for the sake of their own image, and thereby becomes separated and perhaps in time divorced from the Divine grace of God. In Christian teachings vanity is considered an example of pride, one of the seven deadly sins.

Philosophically speaking, vanity may refer to a broader sense of egoism and pride. Friedrich Nietzsche wrote that "vanity is the fear of appearing original: it is thus a lack of pride, but not necessarily a lack of originality." One of Mason Cooley's aphorisms is "Vanity well fed is benevolent. Vanity hungry is spiteful."

Symbolism of vanity

In Western art, vanity was often symbolized by a peacock, and in Biblical terms, by the Whore of Babylon. In secular allegory, vanity was considered one of the minor vices. During the Renaissance, vanity was invariably represented as a naked woman, sometimes seated or reclining on a couch. She attends to her hair with comb and mirror. The mirror is sometimes held by a demon or a putto. Symbols of vanity include jewels, gold coins, a purse, and often by the figure of death himself.^{[citation needed]}

Often we find an inscription on a scroll that reads Omnia Vanitas ("All is Vanity"), a quotation from the Latin translation of the Book of Ecclesiastes. Although that phrase, itself depicted in a type of still life, vanitas, originally referred not to obsession with one's appearance, but to the ultimate fruitlessness of humankind's efforts in this world, the phrase summarizes the complete preoccupation of the subject of the picture.

"The artist invites us to pay lip-service to condemning her," writes Edwin Mullins, "while offering us full permission to drool over her. She admires herself in the glass, while we treat the picture that purports to incriminate her as another kind of glass—a window—through which we peer and secretly desire her." The theme of the recumbent woman often merged artistically with the non-allegorical one of a reclining Venus.

In his table of the Seven Deadly Sins, Hieronymus Bosch depicts a bourgeois woman admiring herself in a mirror held up by a devil. Behind her is an open jewelry box. A painting attributed to Nicolas Tournier, which hangs in the Ashmolean Museum, is An Allegory of Justice and Vanity. A young woman holds a balance, symbolizing justice; she does not look at the mirror or the skull on the table before her. Vermeer's famous painting Girl with a Pearl Earring is sometimes believed to depict the sin of vanity, as the young girl has adorned herself before a glass without further positive allegorical attributes.

All is Vanity, by Charles Allan Gilbert (1873–1929), carries on this theme. An optical illusion, the painting depicts what appears to be a large grinning skull. Upon closer examination, it reveals itself to be a young woman gazing at her reflection in the mirror. In the film The Devil's Advocate, Satan (Al Pacino) claims that "vanity is his favourite sin".

Such artistic works served to warn viewers of the ephemeral nature of youthful beauty, as well as the brevity of human life and the inevitability of death.

See also

• Bonfire of the Vanities
• Erotic capital
• False pleasure
• Hubris
• Narcissism
• Narcissistic elation
• Selfishness
• Vanitas
• Vanity Fair (disambiguation)
• Vanity gallery

References

English Journal

• College students' perceptions of individuals with anorexia nervosa: irritation and admiration.

• Geerling DM1, Saunders SM.
• Journal of mental health (Abingdon, England).J Ment Health.2015 Apr;24(2):83-7. doi: 10.3109/09638237.2014.998807. Epub 2015 Feb 2.
• BACKGROUND: Stigmatizing attitudes against anorexia nervosa (AN) may act as barriers to treatment.AIMS: Evaluated college students' perceptions of AN as compared to major depressive disorder (MDD).METHOD: One-hundred two female undergraduates read vignettes describing targets with mild or severe MDD
• PMID 25642995

• BDA museum: dentures: necessity or vanity?

• Williams B1.
• British dental journal.Br Dent J.2015 Feb 16;218(3):94-5. doi: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2015.62.
• PMID 25686415

• [The doctor's new vanity vehicle].

• Hess L.
• MMW Fortschritte der Medizin.MMW Fortschr Med.2015 Feb 5;157(2):8.
• PMID 25743495

• Scholarly vanity press: why you should judge the book by its cover.

• Norsted H.
• Acta dermato-venereologica.Acta Derm Venereol.2015 Feb;95(2):132.
• PMID 25741537

Japanese Journal

• THE APPLICATION OF FUZZY SET TO BREAK-EVEN POINT : A CASE OF VANITY BOX MAKER

• ICIC express letters. Part B, Applications : an international journal of research and surveys 6(4), 1165-1171, 2015-04
• NAID 40020355880

• フーコー権力論と会計学説史

• 桃山学院大学環太平洋圏経営研究 (16), 47-77, 2015-03-25
• NAID 110009899492

• Islamic Representations and Realism in Mahomet and his Successors and Vanity Fair

• コミュニティ振興研究 : 常磐大学コミュニティ振興学部紀要 (20), 95-119, 2015-03
• NAID 40020669837

• ウィトゲンシュタインのキェルケゴール体験 : 『キリスト教の修練』の宗教哲学を生きること

• 宗教研究 88(3), 647-671, 2014-12-30
• NAID 110009872656

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