vanity

excessive concern for one's own perfection
Thing vice Q1321250
vanity
C. E. Brock (died 1938) · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

vanity is a vice[1]. vanity draws 11,556 Wikipedia views per month (vice category, ranking #2 of 8).[2]

Key Facts

  • vanity's instance of is recorded as vice[3].
  • vanity is a type of behavior[4].
  • vanity is part of seven deadly sins[5].
  • vanity is part of haughtiness[6].
  • vanity's Commons category is recorded as Vanity[7].
  • vanity's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Vanity[8].
  • vanity's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[9].

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Definition and Type

vanity's instance of is recorded as vice[3]. vanity is a type of behavior[4].

Use and Application

Part of include seven deadly sins[5], a heptad[10] and haughtiness[6], a moral quality[11].

Influence

Things named for vanity include xenotime-(Y)[12], a mineral species[13].

Why It Matters

vanity draws 11,556 Wikipedia views per month (vice category, ranking #2 of 8).[2] vanity has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] vanity is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Entities named for vanity include xenotime-(Y)[12], a mineral species[13].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Summa Theologica. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [10] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 18d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'az', 'bg', 'chr', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fi',
    Harper's tag → vanity
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: vanity, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289966625|vanity (#289966625)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'mat"
  2. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    Part of → —
    Part of → seven deadly sins, haughtiness
    Instance of → vice
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007536371405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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