Concept in Definition ABC
Miscellanea / / July 04, 2021
By Florencia Ucha, on Feb. 2013
The word smug we use it to account for that person who is characterized by the pride and vanity that he presents in his way of acting and behaving, and that constantly push him to boast about yourself and what you have and know.
Proud and vain person who all the time boasts of his qualities and aptitudes even if they are not such
We must emphasize that this concept is normally used in our language with a negative sense, for what we exposed, because the presumptuous ones flaunt their knowledge and many other issues, having or not having reason to do so, that is, whether it is justified or not.
Basically, the conceited will love it, being among a group of people, of exalt and comment on all those qualities that he claims to possess, the achievements obtained in his life, the merits, the power that it holds before a certain public and also, if so, the material goods it holds.
It should be noted that he will just be this provision the one that will lead the person to praise themselves in excess, believing themselves capable of doing anything, and supposed to do much better than anyone else in the world, although reality is not at all like that.
Salient traits: lack of empathy, search for social success and contempt for their peers
Then, in the social sphere we will easily recognize the conceited because he will be the one who from the beginning to the end of a meeting We will find him talking about himself and nothing but himself.
It is recurrent that in that repeated assessment own, the conceited is inclined to devalue those around him, because in this way he will further mark his supremacy over the rest.
This is one of the most recurrent characteristics among the conceited, showing off himself in the aspect and highlight the ignorance or lack of qualities and skills that those who show it surround.
In this way, boasting of himself and exposing the deficiencies of others, the conceited considers that he becomes much great, important and valuable compared to the rest, and precisely this is his task, to stand out and show that he is the best of all, even if it is not as we came saying.
From the foregoing, it follows that whoever is shown and presented in this way will not have a positive evaluation at all from the environment or group of him, but rather the opposite, because at the People, generally, are bothered by that person such as the conceited one who stands out for nothing but his own and who tends to detract from what someone else does, simply because he is not doing it or achieving.
In many cases, if the history and psyche of the presumed person is analyzed in depth, we will find ourselves with the surprise that not everything that glitters is gold, as the popular saying goes, and that in reality behind that person who seems to eat the world there is a person with a great lack from self-esteem, that he, precisely, needs all those bragging so as not to show himself weak in front of the others.
Of course, sometimes a look is necessary professional or a lot of knowledge to be able to determine it.
The conceited are constantly looking for social success, while they do not present an iota of empathy with anyone and this is so because they are people with great fear, who need to create a character and a reality that is not to be able to face life.
Due to the above, due to that constant tendency to show off, the aggressiveness for those around them and the absolute absence of empathy is that presumptuous people are usually rejected on the social level, costing them to forge friendships and lasting relationships.
In addition, when a person takes too much care of his physical appearance, that is, he takes care of his picture, of always being impeccable, with good clothes, good smell, among other issues, we say that it is conceited.
Among the synonyms that we use the most for this word are that of proud, vain and flirtatious , for the second sense of the term.
Themes in Smug