the vainglory that nations have historically shown after they have achieved military supremacy
Recent Examples on the WebBehind closed doors, people are nervously voicing that the annual grandstanding on stage has shifted too much towards vainglory, rather than progress against staggering challenges. Charles Beames, Forbes, 31 Aug. 2021 Vidal gives wicked, witty renditions of the infighting, backstabbing and vainglory of such troublesome men as Gen. George B. McClellan, Treasury Secretary Salmon P. Chase and John Wilkes Booth. Katherine A. Powers, Star Tribune, 6 Nov. 2020 Vidal gives wicked, witty renditions of the infighting, backstabbing and vainglory of such troublesome men as Gen. George B. McClellan, Treasury Secretary Salmon P. Chase and John Wilkes Booth. Katherine A. Powers, Star Tribune, 6 Nov. 2020 Vidal gives wicked, witty renditions of the infighting, backstabbing and vainglory of such troublesome men as Gen. George B. McClellan, Treasury Secretary Salmon P. Chase and John Wilkes Booth. Katherine A. Powers, Star Tribune, 6 Nov. 2020 Vidal gives wicked, witty renditions of the infighting, backstabbing and vainglory of such troublesome men as Gen. George B. McClellan, Treasury Secretary Salmon P. Chase and John Wilkes Booth. Katherine A. Powers, Star Tribune, 6 Nov. 2020 Vidal gives wicked, witty renditions of the infighting, backstabbing and vainglory of such troublesome men as Gen. George B. McClellan, Treasury Secretary Salmon P. Chase and John Wilkes Booth. Katherine A. Powers, Star Tribune, 6 Nov. 2020 Into what idiocies of optimism and vainglory might humanity collapse? James Parker, The Atlantic, 14 June 2020 Well, specifically, the organization that will present the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards in a deep vat of vainglory on CBS at 8 p.m. Sunday, the Recording Academy. Chuck Yarborough, cleveland, 24 Jan. 2020 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English vaynglorie, borrowed from Anglo-French veineglorie, from veine, feminine of vain, veinvain + glorieglory entry 1, after Medieval Latin vāna glōria