self-aggrandizement

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self-aggrandizement - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Self-aggrandizement \Self`-ag*gran"dize*ment\, n.
     The aggrandizement of one's self.
     [1913 Webster]

self-aggrandizement - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  self-aggrandizement
      n 1: an act undertaken to increase your own power and influence
           or to draw attention to your own importance [syn: self- aggrandizement
           , self-aggrandisement, ego trip]