self-aggrandizement
[self-uh-gran-diz-muh nt, self-]
- increase of one's own power, wealth, etc., usually aggressively.
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Origin of self-aggrandizement
First recorded in 1790–1800
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Contemporary Examples
The book, surprisingly, is not the self-aggrandizing vanity trip of a preening pop star one would expect.
One blogger called it a “self-aggrandizing political stunt.”
“The vast majority are motivated by noble motives, rather than financial or self-aggrandizing,” Sweeney said.
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This self-aggrandizing drive also ensured her early success, when she rose from a script-reader at MGM to being a playwright.
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Gone is Jason Russell and his kid, gone the self-aggrandizing references to his own role as some kind of hero of Africa.
self-aggrandizement
- the act of increasing one's own power, importance, etc, esp in an aggressive or ruthless manner
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Word Origin and History for self-aggrandizing
adj.
1798, from self- + aggrandizing (see aggrandize).
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