Question of the Day #524

"Being full of oneself when it came to rating one’s intellectual arrogance — an exaggerated view of intellectual ability and knowledge — instead generally predicted academic achievement, especially on individual course work."

From the third paragraph of this article at Baylor.edu.

上記の文で、full of oneselfの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "full of onself" mean?

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解答

意味：
Weblioによると、

うぬぼれの強い；傲慢な

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary:

Having an inflated view of one's importance, to the annoyance of others.

Examples

• Oh, he is so full of himself! Despite what he's told you, he is not the most valuable member of our team, believe me.
• Mary is very unpopular because she's so full of herself.
• ‘he'd always been very full of himself’
• Ken can be a little full of himself. He believes that his way is the only way because he considers himself to be the best in his field, whether he actually is or not.
• The new boss was unpopular, because he was so full of himself when he told us how successful he was.

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