self-aggrandizement
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9.9
- noun
- /sɛlf-əˈɡrændɪzaɪzmənt/
- Formal
:
autoengrandecimiento
- Your approach has more to do with self-aggrandizement than with chastisement.
- own self-aggrandizement
Are you doing this for self aggrandizement or something else?
- 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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You vote for purposes of self-aggrandizement so you can announce to the world how special you are.
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Are you doing this for self aggrandizement or something else?
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And here in your field, as you said, self aggrandizement is a popular practice.
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His displays of self-aggrandizement through fancy clothes and impressive cars make their mark on young men like John.
Academic text (1992) -
Thus, the often all-too-real motive of self-aggrandizement is lacking.
Academic text (2003) -
We rarely are so cynical as to think they wrote from pride or merely for fame and self-aggrandizement.
Academic text (1999) -
Yet for the most part, IMT avoided the paralysing struggles for control of the state for ethnic self-aggrandizement.
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His constant self-promotion and need for self-aggrandizement received criticism from his colleagues.
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She was accused of self-aggrandizement after taking all the credit for the team's success.
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The politician's speech was filled with self-aggrandizement, as he exaggerated his achievements.
Synonyms
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5.6
Extreme pride in how you look or what you can do
8
6.2
Thinking you are more important than other people
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6.1
Thinking and talking about yourself too much and feeling better than others
6
9.9
The act of giving more power or wealth to someone, often unfairly
5
7.4
An action you do to make yourself feel more important
3
8.5
An act of showing off money or achievements to get attention
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7.7
Acting like you are more important or more educated than you really are
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7.9
Thinking that you are more important or powerful than others
1
9.9
Too much pride in your successes or looks that makes you show off
1
5.3
Wanting to be seen as important and respected by other people
1
6.8
Talking about your good qualities to show off to others
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9.9
Talk that shows too much pride in your achievements
1
3.5
Talk that shows too much pride about your own achievements or things
Talking about yourself to show how good you are
Talking too proudly about your own success or abilities
Too much love and praise for yourself that ignores others
Antonyms
How Self-Promoting
Surface Forms
Morphology
self-aggrandizement = aggrandizement (semi-transparent) = self + aggrandize + ment
The prefix 'self-' clearly indicates the action is directed at oneself, but the noun 'aggrandizement' (and its verb 'aggrandize') is relatively formal and less familiar, reducing full transparency for average learners.
Etymology
The word self-aggrandizement joins self and aggrandize, where aggrandize comes from parts meaning 'to make' and the root grand meaning 'big' or 'great', like the English word grand. So, self-aggrandizement is about making yourself seem 'bigger' or more important than you really are.