Giving an example of an Arab with a very conceited attitude (8)
I believe the answer is:
egomania
'a very conceited attitude' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'giving an example of an arab' is the wordplay.
'giving' says to put letters next to each other.
'an example' becomes 'eg' (short for 'exempli gratia', 'for example' in Latin).
'of' becomes 'o''.
'an arab' becomes 'mania' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'eg' put next to 'o' is 'ego'.
'ego'+'mania'='EGOMANIA'
'with' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for egomania that I've seen before include "Obsessive self-regard" , "excessive conceit" , "selfish obsession" , "Morbid self-exaltation" , "Excessive self-centredness" .)