self-gloryingn.
/ˌsɛlfˈɡlɔːrɪɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfˈɡlɔriɪŋ/ The action or practice of glorifying or exalting oneself, one's abilities, etc.; self-glorification.
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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
1646 T. Collier Exaltation of Christ ii. 157 The Lord help you and I a little now to examine our selves how much of self yet remayns, self wisdome, self glorying and boasting, self love, self ends.
1737 G. Fenwick Help for Sincere i. i. 3 They [sc. my very best actions] are attended with so many imperfections..in the self-glorying they cause in me.
1848 W. R. Williams Lord's Prayer (1854) ix. 326 To slay this self-glorying.
1903 Rec. Christian Work Aug. 557/1 The apostle declines to adopt the principle of self-glorying on which his opponents were acting.
1991 Guardian (Nexis) 19 Nov. How long can this self-glorying, this claim on our awe, survive events elsewhere?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
self-gloryingadj.
/ˌsɛlfˈɡlɔːrɪɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfˈɡlɔriɪŋ/ Given to self-glorification; characterized by or involving self-glorification.
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the mind > emotion > pride > vainglory > [adjective]
gloriousa1382
vainglorious?a1500
self-flatteringa1586
self-exalting1601
self-applauding1614
self-praised1626
self-flattered1647
self-glorying1659
self-exalted1668
self-gratulating1755
self-congratulating1774
self-congratulatory1798
self-applausivea1805
self-gratulatory1818
self-exaltative1821
the mind > emotion > pride > vainglory > [adjective] > characterized by or indicative of vainglory
vainglorious1533
self-gloriousa1616
self-glorying1659
1659 Short Disc. Work of God in Nation 6 A self-glorying and self-inriching spirit is perfectly opposite to the Kingdom of Christ.
1839 E. Bulwer-Lytton Sea-captain iv. i. 67 With that son Were woven, not the proud, self-glorying joys Which mothers know; but memory, shame.
1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 500 These are only self-glorying records of victories.
1977 S. Kostof Architect 77 The style at the abbey church of St. Denis has no professional name attached to it but only the self-glorying record of its patron, the Abbot Suger.
2000 B. Fisher Pataphysician's Libr. i. 23 All the familiar elements of Poe's world are to be found in the volume—horror, the grotesque, self-glorying anguish, and of course mystery.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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