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
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
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
The self-exaltation frequently employed by injudicious writers, sometimes places them in ridiculous attitudes.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 by Disraeli, Isaac
"It is a temporary self-exaltation, purifying the desires and urging the lover to generous deeds."
From Primitive Love and Love-Stories by Finck, Henry Theophilus
