Vanity shown by narrow-minded politician (4)
I believe the answer is:
pomp
'vanity' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both human attributes as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'shown by narrow-minded politician' is the wordplay.
'shown by' says to put letters next to each other.
'narrow-minded' becomes 'po' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'politician' becomes 'mp'.
'po'+'mp' is 'POMP'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pomp that I've seen before include "Great ceremony" , "Vain display" , "Grandiosity" , "Boastful display" , "Ceremoniousness" .)