self-exaltation
Example Sentences
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Joyce was an enemy of the Irish Literary Revival, which he excoriated as pretentious self-absorption and self-exaltation in the name of the authentic.
From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2022
All this self-exaltation, which some folks make so much scandal of, is the most natural thing in the world when one gets an over-dose of fair words.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 by Various
Mr. Will Ladislaw's sense of the ludicrous lit up his features very agreeably: it was the pure enjoyment of comicality, and had no mixture of sneering and self-exaltation.
From Middlemarch by Eliot, George
Thus, being in great danger of self-exaltation, I took the best medicine that I could—although by no means with intention—in waiting on my lord Quinton, who was then residing at the Manor.
From Simon Dale by Hope, Anthony
Orlick rubbed his hands in the throes of self-exaltation and added a laugh that grated upon the girl's senses, inspiring her with a sudden impulse to end this conversation without delay.
From The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky by MacDonald, Everett
