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aggrandizement

[ uh-gran-diz-muhnt ]

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noun

an act or instance of aggrandizing, or increasing in size, or intensity:
aggrandizement of mercantile trade in the early colonies.
the act of making something appear greater than is actually warranted by the facts:
Some saw it as ego aggrandizement.
expansion of power, wealth, rank, or honor:
The department was used for the aggrandizement of its leaders.

1655–1665; aggrandize ( def ) + -ment, influenced by French agrandissement, aggrandissement

He sought self-aggrandizement, and was extremely fond of killing.

She took a drubbing, fielding accusations of self-aggrandizement from the financial press and fans alike.

Self-aggrandizement via letting others depend on you can be a poor substitute for a sense of your own accomplishments.

The aggrandizement of one tends to excite a combination, or at least the wishes of many, to reduce him to the common level.

Napoleon had opened to him at Tilsit a dazzling vista of territorial aggrandizement.

Rome had been too occupied with politics and aggrandizement ever to become cultured.

They talked of the covetousness and want of scruple of the Knights, of their passion for aggrandizement and their rapacity.

Hence, in the order of Providence, the dream of Charlemagne as to unbounded military aggrandizement could not be realized.

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