self-aggrandizement
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Origin of self-aggrandizement
First recorded in 1790–1800
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In it, he lambasted the ways in which art “has just become a cruddy game for the self aggrandizement for the rich and the ignorant.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2018
Not that these excercizes in self aggrandizement really matter, but how can a program not broadcast for "how long" be nominated for anything?
From New York Times • Jul. 12, 2018
They were all in it for self aggrandizement, just like their boss.
From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2018
Two cowards who used everyone in their trail for their own self aggrandizement.
From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2016
They have no purpose other than self aggrandizement.
From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Schwartau, Winn
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