Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The exaltation of one's self.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of exalting one's self, or the state of being so exalted.
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Examples
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It is the same old animal man, smeared over, it is true, with a veneer, thin and magical, that makes him dream drunken dreams of self-exaltation and to sneer at the flesh and the blood of him beneath the smear.
The Somnambulists 2010
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We give it to those who desire not self-exaltation in the earth, nor corruption 28:84.
Dr. Faheem Younus: Islamic Reasons Why The Syrian President Must Go Dr. Faheem Younus 2011
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How mostly self-exaltation as good as pride have been a consequences of such self-examination.
THE DANGERS OF SPIRITUAL LIFE-By Watchman Nee A Fair Mitre admin 2009
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How mostly self-exaltation as good as pride have been a consequences of such self-examination.
Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009
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That's two out of two for many Muslim autocrats who are clinging on to power through corruption and force for the purposes of self-exaltation.
Dr. Faheem Younus: Islamic Reasons Why The Syrian President Must Go Dr. Faheem Younus 2011
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According to Mello [pt], it is a place “where nepotism and self-exaltation reign shamelessly”.
Global Voices in English » Brazil: Digital mob demands the Senate President’s resignation 2009
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His rebellion ended up being a combination of boot camp, ascetic spiritual cults, and terrorist cells for instance, in which denial of self became self-exaltation — when one is most exalted in death.
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As for CNN, its self-exaltation as the "most trusted name in news" is as much an assault on reality as FOX's claim of "fair and balanced."
Linda Milazzo: CNN Anchor Slams Impeachment as "Kabuki Theatre" 2010
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As for CNN, its self-exaltation as the "most trusted name in news" is as much an assault on reality as FOX's claim of "fair and balanced."
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It does not create a collective memory that serves the interests of those who wage war and permit us to wallow in self-exaltation.
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