<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>excessive pride in one's appearance, qualities, abilities, achievements, etc.; character or quality of being vain; conceit.</li><li>an instance or display of this quality or feeling.</li><li>something about which one is vain or excessively proud: His good looks are his greatest vanity.</li><li>lack of real value; hollowness; worthlessness: the vanity of a selfish life.</li><li>something worthless, trivial, or pointless.</li><li>vanity case.</li><li>dressing table.</li><li>a wide, counterlike shelf containing a wash basin, as in the bathroom of a hotel or residence, often equipped with shelves, drawers, etc., underneath.</li><li>a cabinet built below or around a bathroom sink, primarily to hide exposed pipes.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>produced as a showcase for one's own talents, especially as a writer, actor, singer, or composer: surprisingly entertaining for a vanity production.</li><li>of, relating to, or issued by a vanity press: a spate of vanity books.</li></ul>