Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of aggrandizing, or the condition or state of being aggrandized. Also spelled
aggrandisation .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Aggrandizement.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
aggrandizing , or the state of beingaggrandized orexalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth;exaltation ;enlargement .
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Examples
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You know how it got to be really cool to decry self-aggrandization in rap music for a while?
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The framework for total control of the citizenry, the economy and the media is being built upon in a relentless aggrandization of Govermental power. '
The Obama Dystopia 2009
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The framework for total control of the citizenry, the economy and the media is being built upon in a relentless aggrandization of Govermental power.
The Obama Dystopia 2009
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Along with the change in culture, came a change in values; no longer were the good of society and the upholding of integrity and honor of highest benefit; instead, the new era celebrated the individual, and the self-aggrandization of the self as the supreme good.
Guarding America's Future Against the Heirs of Cromwell 2007
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But most of the visions dancing in their heads are taudry affairs, toxic sugarplums of self-aggrandization and ego-inflation, the worship of celebrity rather than the creationof excellence.
Archive 2006-10-29 Janet Ursel 2006
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But most of the visions dancing in their heads are taudry affairs, toxic sugarplums of self-aggrandization and ego-inflation, the worship of celebrity rather than the creationof excellence.
The fallacy of building self-esteem Janet Ursel 2006
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It suggests that there are institutions that go beyond the fluff and conceited self-aggrandization of the big name and Ivy-League schools and often their students.
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It suggests that there are institutions that go beyond the fluff and conceited self-aggrandization of the big name and Ivy-League schools and often their students.
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It suggests that there are institutions that go beyond the fluff and conceited self-aggrandization of the big name and Ivy-League schools and often their students.
Musings of a Drunken Monk: Stuff that overrated Ivy League 2006
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This is classic aggrandization on the part of Muslims leaders who want Islam to have a good reputation but refuse to take the necessary action in order to achieve it.
Infidels Are Cool 2010
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