Meaning of Vanity Fair | Babel Free
Definitions
Society, especially high society, as a place of self-interest and the superficial.
Examples
“And how will your conscience answer⟳ one day for carrying so many bonny lasses to barter modesty for conceit and levity at the metropolitan Vanity Fair?”
“Such a complete⟳ Vanity Fair as the Palais Royal, is not, I imagine⟳, to be found any where else”
“Nash, the son of a glass-merchant — Brummell, the hopeful of a small shopkeeper — became the intimates of princes, dukes, and fashionables; were petty kings of Vanity Fair, and were honoured by their subjects.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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