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self-aggrandizement

noun

Etymology

From self- + aggrandizement.

  1. borrowed from agrandissement
  2. prefixed as self-aggrandizement — “self- + aggrandizement”

Definitions

  1. Behaviour which increases one's own wealth or power, or which is intended to create an…

    Behaviour which increases one's own wealth or power, or which is intended to create an appearance of importance.

    • [W]hat can selfish greed, what can self-aggrandizement and the most pitiless ambition effect against men who own to such discipline as this?
    • In your case, I fear, confession is exploitation by indirection, profit-making by ruse, self-aggrandizement at the expense of God.
    • As readers, we sense when the game is being played for real and when something else is afoot: pride, showmanship, the pursuit of power, self-aggrandizement, revenge, making money.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA