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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

虚栄心プロジェクト

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kyoeishin purojekuto

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Vanity Project/ˈvæn.ə.ti ˌprɒdʒ.ekt/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #8500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"この映画は虚栄心プロジェクトとして批判された。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A project undertaken primarily for the sake of personal pride or self-importance rather than practical value or utility.

    "The film was widely criticized as a vanity project, showcasing the director's ego more than a compelling story."
  2. 2

    An endeavor that is more about the creator's self-satisfaction than about meeting the needs of an audience or market.

    "His latest album was seen as a vanity project, appealing only to his own artistic whims."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of 'vanity', originating from Old French 'vanité' and ultimately Latin 'vanitas' meaning emptiness or conceit, and 'project', stemming from Latin 'proicere' meaning to throw forward. The compound emerged in the late 20th century to describe endeavors undertaken purely to satisfy the ego of their creator rather than to serve any practical or commercial necessity.

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