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Definition of Self-aggrandizement
1. Noun. An act undertaken to increase your own power and influence or to draw attention to your own importance.
Generic synonyms: Aggrandisement, Aggrandizement, Elevation
Definition of Self-aggrandizement
1. Noun. The act or action of making oneself seem more important. An act of pride or boasting. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Self-aggrandizement
Literary usage of Self-aggrandizement
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Scottish Chiefs by Jane Porter (1827)
""And yet," returned Wallace, " I cannot altogether suppose that, for even their
desires of self aggrandizement could not torture my share in Bruce's ..."
2. The American Philosophy of Government by Alpheus Henry Snow (1921)
"It holds that self-aggrandizement of any one person or nation is dependent upon
the self-aggrandizement of all other persons and nations. ..."
3. The History of Democracy: Or, Political Progress, Historically Illustrated by Nahum Capen (1875)
"... worthy of serious remark, if not to be justified as a sufficient cause of
wonder.1 INSTRUCTION, NOT self-aggrandizement, THE OBJECT OF POLITICAL ..."
4. The History of Democracy: Or, Political Progress, Historically Illustrated by Nahum Capen (1874)
"... NOT self-aggrandizement, THE OBJECT OF POLITICAL HISTORY. In studying the
institutions of a country with a desire to understand the various causes, ..."
5. The History of Democracy: Or, Political Progress, Historically Illustrated by Nahum Capen (1875)
"... NOT self-aggrandizement, THE OBJECT OF POLITICAL HISTORY. In studying the
institutions of a county with a desire to understand the various causes, ..."
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