self-aggrandizement
/sˈɛlfˈæɡɹəndˌaɪzmənt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.16 in modern English
35
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
6
Syllables
13
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Behaviour which increases one's own wealth or power, or which is intended to create an appearance of importance.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "[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."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English aggrandizement English self-aggrandizement From self- + aggrandizement.