单词 | self-elation |
释义 | > as lemmasself-elation self-elation n. Brit. , U.S. , ΚΠ 1650 J. Godolphin Holy Limbeck 172 Little think our Philosophical Longobards..that their self-elation contracts this guilt, when Idolizing their own endowments. 1795 H. Hunt Divine Presence Best Protection 21 Self elation or despising of others: that acknowledged sin of this nation. 1844 W. H. Mill 5 Serm. Temptation Christ v. 133 The grounds of self-elation..were..the revelations with which he had been favoured by God. 1913 J. Orr Hist. & Lit. Early Church xi. 151 With this tendency to self-elation went a strong dash of personal vanity and growing love of splendour. 1993 B. Ramsay Submitting to Freedom iii. 62 Rather than work their way through the collapse of self-definitions, Americans simply raised over them a set of clichés that would provide a feeling of self-elation. < as lemmas |
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