self-aggrandizement

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

self-aggrandizement self-aggrandizements

Etymology

From self- + aggrandizement.

Related words

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