self-glorificationn.
/ˌsɛlfˌɡlɔːrᵻfᵻˈkeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfˌɡlɔrəfəˈkeɪʃən/ Glorification or exaltation of oneself, one's abilities, etc.; self-exaltation; boastfulness.
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the mind > emotion > pride > vainglory > [noun]
vainglorya1300
gloryc1340
vaingloriousness1542
self-glory1549
self-flattery1574
self-praise1586
self-exaltation1615
self-applause1625
self-exalting1634
self-glorying1646
self-attribution1649
self-gloriation1654
self-congratulation1655
self-gratulation1697
self-glorification?1800
vaingloriness1820
?1800 W. W. Horne Faith of Gospel vindicated i. 32 All self-glorification and boasting is excluded.
1838 J. S. Mill in London & Westm. Rev. Apr. 37 Those antique characters which, without self-glorification or hope of being appreciated, ‘carry out..the sentiment of duty to its extremest consequences’.
1885 G. Rawlinson Egypt & Babylon iii. 50 The great King Nebuchadnezzar,..his grandeur, his pride, his cruelty,..his self-glorification.
1953 Encounter Oct. 49/1 It was..only Stalin who was thus hymned in the inevitable major key of Soviet self-glorification.
2000 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 16 Nov. 12/1 There is doubtless some retrospective self-glorification in these accounts.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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