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1) behaving with too much self-importance (especially by speaking with a false, aristocratic accent) (la di da)

2) full of, showing (too much) self-importance (pompous)

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Meaning:
arrogance

arrogant behaviour, manner

exaggerated self-opinion

complacence

a feeling of personal satisfaction (but without caring about others)

egotism

conceit

too high opinion of, too much pride in, oneself or one's abilities

egotism

egoism

the theory that our actions are always caused by the desire to benefit ourselves

self-centeredness

gall

bile; a bitter feeling; impudence

nerve, brashness

megalomania

a mental illness in which a person has exaggerated ideas of her or his importance, power, wealth etc

self-centeredness

narcissism

selfishness

egotism

pretension

(often plural) (a statement of) a claim

airs, snobbishness

SELF-IMPORTANCE as in Wiktionary
SELF-IMPORTANCE as in Wikipedia