1. Suffisance. Montrer de la vanité.
2. Futilité. La vanité de nos efforts.
ETYM Through French, from Latin conceptus a conceiving, conception, from concipere to conceive: cf. Old Fren. p. p. nom. conciez conceived. Related to Conceive, Concept, Deceit.
1. The trait of being vain and pompous; SYN. vanity.
2. A developed or elaborate metaphor.
ETYM From Empty.
1. Having an empty stomach.
2. The state of containing nothing.
In Buddhism, a central concept which may be interpreted in a variety of ways. Emptiness needs to be found for a proper state of meditation to be achieved: when a person is empty of all emotion, thought, and feelings, they are receptive to the ultimate emptiness or void of all phenomena. This insight, that nothing actually has reality of itself, lies at the heart of Buddhist philosophy in the Mahayana tradition. The Pali word for this Buddhist teaching is sunnata. It has a variety of meanings within the different traditions of Buddhism.
Excessive vanity excited by one's own performances; empty pride; undue elation of mind; vain show; boastfulness.
idle boastfulness
ETYM Old Eng. vanite, vanité, Latin vanitas, from vanus empty, vain. Related to Vain.
The quality of being valueless or futile; SYN. emptiness.