Conceit

CONCEIT

Conceit is a one of the poetic technique.A conceit means an elaborate and often surprising comparison between two apparently dissimilar things. 

noun
noun: conceit; plural noun: conceits

1  excessive pride in oneself.
"he was puffed up with conceit"
synonyms:
vanity, narcissism, conceitedness, self-love, self-admiration, self-adulation, self-regard, egotism, egoism, egocentricity, egomania; More
antonyms:
modesty, humility

2  an ingenious or fanciful comparison or metaphor.
"the idea of the wind's singing is a prime romantic conceit"
synonyms:
image, imagery, figurative expression, metaphor, simile, trope, figure of speech; More
·         an artistic effect or device.
"the director's brilliant conceit was to film this tale in black and white"
·         a fanciful notion.
"he is alarmed by the widespread conceit that he spent most of the 1980s drunk"
synonyms:
idea, notion, fancy; 
archaicreverie
"the conceit of time travel"
Origin

late Middle English (in the sense ‘notion’, also ‘quaintly decorative article’): from conceive, on the pattern of pairs such as deceive, deceit .

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