vanity press

van·i·ty press

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [van-i-tee pres]
- /ˈvæn ɪ ti prɛs/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [van-i-tee pres]
- /ˈvæn ɪ ti prɛs/

Definitions of vanity press words

noun vanity press a printing house that specializes in publishing books for which the authors pay all or most of the costs. 1
noun vanity press a publishing house which publishes only books for which the author pays all the costs of production 0
noun vanity press a press or publishing house that publishes books only at the author's own expense 0
noun vanity press A book publisher that lets the author pay the expenses of publishing up front, leaving the risk of financial failure with the author. 0

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Origin of vanity press

First appearance:

before 1945

One of the 6% newest English words

First recorded in 1945-50

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Parts of speech for Vanity press

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Vanity press

vanity press popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 72% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

vanity press usage trend in Literature

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