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
What a contrast between that self-exaltation of Peter, and the deep humility of the Lamb of God, meek and lowly in heart before God and man!
From The Master's Indwelling by Andrew Murray
And if one bit of vanity or self-exaltation could have been stirred in my thoughts, though it were by my mother's praises, these last words banished it well.
From Daisy in the Field by Susan Warner
And yet there might be secret self-exaltation in associating God with myself.
From The Master's Indwelling by Andrew Murray
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
