self-aggrandizement
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əˈgræn noun
increase of one's own power, wealth, etc., usually aggressively.
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| self-aggrandizement | |
| —n | |
| the act of increasing one's own power, importance, etc, esp in an aggressive or ruthless manner | |
| self-ag'grandizing | |
| —adj | |
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Self-aggrandizement
is always a great word to know.
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| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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What all these responses have in common is a benevolent, and surely unintentional, self-aggrandizement.
Having your portrait painted was once a mark of the upper crust, an ostentatious exercise in self-aggrandizement.
It may have been for some other purpose such as self-aggrandizement or whatnot.
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