self-aggrandizement
noun[U]
disapproving(alsoselfaggrandizement);(UKusuallyself-aggrandisement,selfaggrandisement)uk/ˌself.əˈɡræn.dɪz.mənt/us/ˌself.əˈɡræn.dɪz.mənt/thepracticeof doing or saying things to make yourselfseemmorepowerfulorimportant:
Thediariesrecordhistimeinofficematter-of-factly, without the need forself-congratulationor self-aggrandizement.
He comesacrossasbrightandlikable, but heflirtstoofrequentlywith self-aggrandisement.
- Heneedsto show that he really does have thenationalinterestatheart,ratherthan self-aggrandizement or self-enrichment.
- Considering yourself atravellertravelerand everybodyelseas atouristhaslongbeen asnobbishformof self-aggrandizement.
- The Pyramids werebuiltfor thepurposeof self-aggrandizement on thepartof thepharaohs.
Important people and describing important people
- august
- baron
- be the cat's whiskersidiom
- doyen
- doyenne
- first among equalsidiom
- FLOTUS
- get oversomething/someone
- get over yourself!idiom
- guest of honour
- lynchpin
- Mister Big
- mogul
- moment
- movers and shakers
- MVP
- superiority
- the big boys
- the big enchiladaidiom
- the grand old man ofsomethingidiom