exaltation
noun
the act of exalting.
self-exaltation
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a word derived from
exaltation.
Example Sentences
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Joyce was an enemy of the Irish Literary Revival, which he excoriated as pretentious self-absorption and self-exaltation in the name of the authentic.
From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2022
The primary motive, self-exaltation, fails grandly; yet in its failure it brings into partial fulfilment the secondary motive, the fall of man.
From Vondel's Lucifer by Joost van den Vondel
Then there is self-exaltation, another form of the works of self.
From The Master's Indwelling by Andrew Murray
This light appears between two black rainy clouds, whereof the upper one is presumption and self-exaltation, and the lower a disdaining of one's neighbour.
From Christian Mysticism by William Ralph Inge
Then how should others, how should such infirm beings as we, be free from self-exaltation?
From Epistle Sermons, Vol. II Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost by John Nicholas Lenker
