laudation
noun
an act or instance of lauding; encomium; tribute.
self-laudation
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a word derived from
laudation.
Example Sentences
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This is both a low and ignorant self-laudation.
From The Arena Volume 4, No. 23, October, 1891 by B. O. (Benjamin Orange) Flower
If he did, I say he was bound in fair play to tell it to the public; if he did not know it his self-laudation in his speech goes for nought.
From The Land-War In Ireland (1870) A History For The Times by James Godkin
I have done nothing in the spirit of self-laudation.
From Abraham Lincoln: Was He A Christian? by John B. Remsburg
And Maurice rose in disgust, not unmixed with self-laudation.
From For the Term of His Natural Life by Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke
This tendency did not escape Guarini, who, when not led into puerilities by his love of self-laudation, often shows considerable insight.
From Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England by Walter W. Greg
