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self-aggrandizing

adjective

self-ag·​gran·​diz·​ing ˌself-ə-ˈgran-ˌdī-ziŋ How to pronounce self-aggrandizing (audio)
 also  -ˈa-grən-
: acting or intended to enhance one's power, wealth, position, or reputation
… staggeringly self-aggrandizing greed and theft … William J. Astore
a self-aggrandizing cad bent on gathering for himself whatever spoils he can amass from the public coffers. Paul Beckett
especially : boastful often in disregard of the truth
self-aggrandizing remarks
… the skill of talking about yourself in a natural way without coming off as a self-aggrandizing braggart. Jim Murray
… whose dishonest, self-aggrandizing memoirs adroitly snookered the public … Frank Rich
We hear of the self-aggrandizing fantasies which he told his sisters, as tales to amuse them. Robert Penn Warren
… was publicly suspended with no pay for six months after it emerged that he repeatedly told a self-aggrandizing, false story about being aboard a military helicopter hit by an RPG over Iraq. Kieran Corcoran and Christopher Brennan
self-aggrandizement
ˌself-ə-ˈgran-dəz-mənt
-ˌdīz- How to pronounce self-aggrandizing (audio)
 also  -ˌa-grən-ˈdīz-
noun
plural self-aggrandizements
… the construction of monumental buildings for self-aggrandizement. Beatrice Forbes Manz
A native reticence, almost an aversion to anything that might be construed as boasting or self-aggrandizement, is paired with innate optimism, loyalty and a quiet determination. Steven Winn

Word History

First Known Use

1820, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of self-aggrandizing was in 1820

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