self-congratulation
noun[U]
disapprovinguk/ˌself.kənˌɡrætʃ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/us/ˌself.kənˌɡrætʃ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/theactofpraisingyourself or saying how well you have done something:
Such writing comesuneasilycloseto self-congratulation.
Congressand thepresidentindulgedin a round ofmutualself-congratulation overtheiragreementon apackagefor the newfiscalyear.
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self-congratulatory
- Observers have come toexpectacertainamountof self-congratulation whengovernmentsreviewtheirownrecords.
- There was too much self-congratulation from ateamwho should really haveexpectedmore.
- We are notsittingback in self-congratulation; we willcontinuetostrive.
Confidence & self-assurance
- amour propre
- aplomb
- assertive
- assertively
- assertiveness
- dignity
- dogmatic
- dogmatically
- dogmatism
- dogmatist
- putyourshirt onsomethingidiom
- rakish
- rakishly
- rakishness
- safe
- surely
- swag
- swash
- tall
- to be sureidiom