self-exaltation
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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
Most major West German newspapers backed K�ng, though the influential Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung accused him of "self-exaltation and contempt for others."
From Time Magazine Archive
There is no display, no self-analysis, no self-exaltation, no amalgamation of self with nature.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 05 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English by Various
In his self-exaltation he began to investigate whether he was greater as an advocate or as prosecutor.
From Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. by Lever, Charles James
A kind of self-exaltation is by this writer imputed to Jesus, which is as much less attractive than his attitude in the Synoptics as it is less genuine.
From The Chief End of Man by Merriam, George Spring
