Meaning of self-aggrandizement | Babel Free

Definitions

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

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“[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.”

“Belarus was always going to be the most willing partner in Russia’s attempts at self-aggrandizement.”

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