self-exaltation
- 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
Most major West German newspapers backed K�ng, though the influential Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung accused him of "self-exaltation and contempt for others."
From Time Magazine Archive
"It is a temporary self-exaltation, purifying the desires and urging the lover to generous deeds."
From Primitive Love and Love-Stories by Finck, Henry Theophilus
The self-exaltation of virtue was now taken out of him, washed away by his double repentance, and he was now again a child.
From Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine by Auerbach, Berthold
His self-exaltation had offended many patriots who did not fall under his personal magnetism, and his assumption of authority in military matters where he had no knowledge to justify it, alienated the competent officers.
From The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume I by Stillman, William James
