aggrandizement
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9.9
- noun
- /əˈɡræn.dɪ.zaɪ.mənt/
- Formal
- The walls that symbolized the kings' desperate attempt to satisfy the need for land, security, and self-aggrandizement went unmanned.
- self-aggrandizement
- personal aggrandizement
- own aggrandizement
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- Are you doing this for self aggrandizement or something else?
- And here in your field, as you said, self aggrandizement is a popular practice.
- And now he's he's he's just doubling down on just his self aggrandizement.
- So they, I think not only for the self aggrandisement, but to say I really want to make a an important contribution.
Examples
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Are you doing this for self aggrandizement or something else?
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Hun Sen has been skillful in the aggrandizement of his own political power.
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And here in your field, as you said, self aggrandizement is a popular practice.
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I'm certain he grabbed my witness for his personal aggrandizement.
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The chief worry of those times was the aggrandizement of the legislatures.
Academic text (2001) -
His displays of self-aggrandizement through fancy clothes and impressive cars make their mark on young men like John.
Academic text (1992) -
In Latin America, resources were siphoned off to the mercantilist aggrandizement of the colonizers.
Academic text (1993) -
War and the ensuing aggrandizement of state power is a permanent project, the state's Telos and justification.
Academic text (2004) -
Relationships at the heart move beyond competitiveness and self-aggrandizement to become selfless and magnanimous.
Academic text (1994) -
His relentless drive for aggrandizement often led him to overshadow his colleagues.
Synonyms
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4.1
Raising someone to a higher job or rank
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6.5
Giving great praise and honor to a person or thing
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4.1
A lot of excited publicity to make people like or want something
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5.3
Wanting to be seen as important and respected by other people
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7.2
Making something seem more attractive or exciting than it really is
Antonyms
Compounds
- Formal
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9.9
Trying to make yourself seem more important or powerful than you are
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Surface Forms
Morphology
aggrandizement = aggrandize (semi-transparent) = aggrandize + ment
Forming a noun with '-ment' from the verb 'aggrandize' is a regular and predictable derivation.
Etymology
Aggrandizement comes from aggrandize, made of a- meaning 'to' and grand meaning 'big' or 'great', the same 'grand' you already know in English. So aggrandizement is the act of making a person or thing seem bigger, richer, or more important, often too much or not fair.