self-aggrandizement
Example Sentences
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“Doctor Strangelove,” “Catch-22,” and “M*A*S*H” collide in British journalist Phoebe Greenwood’s blistering debut novel, “Vulture,” a darkly comic, searing satire grounded in historic politics, suffused with incipient journalism and imbued with self-aggrandizement.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2025
“When we aspire to be a leading power, this is not for self-aggrandizement, but to take on greater responsibility and make more contributions,” he said.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 26, 2023
He will demonize individuals and groups who fail to serve his current mode of self-aggrandizement.
From Salon • Aug. 7, 2023
No American director’s more committed to exposing the smugness and self-aggrandizement of bourgeois urbanites.
From New York Times • May 25, 2023
But these extravagant numbers were surely a form of self-aggrandizement, and reckless to the point of irresponsibility.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
