Hi I'm trying to find a good definition of "conceit"

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@davidmich

How would you define “conceit” in the following example?

Obama's Fatal Conceit - Truth on the Market

I have now become convinced that President Obama’s biggest problem is that he believes — wrongly — that he (or his people) know better how to allocate resources than do the many millions of “men and women on the spot.” This is the thing that keeps our very smart President from being a wise President. It is killing economic expansion in this country, and it may well render him a one-term President. It is, quite literally, a fatal conceit.

@HMS_Irruncible

There’s no perfect definition of the word ‘conceit’. As a personal attribute it tends to mean ‘having a high opinion of oneself’.

Yes; in the passage davidmich quoted from, it certainly sounds like the writer is accusing Obama of being conceited: of having too high an opinion of himself or his abilities, knowledge, etc.

This is one meaning of the word “conceit.” Not to be confused with the literary device conceit, which is a type of unexpected comparison or extended metaphor.