aggrandizement

Noun

Meaning

The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement; as, the emperor seeks only the aggrandizement of his own family.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

elevation advancement enlargement augmentation exaltation promotion aggrandisement preferment development addition increase growth hydrocephalus rise gain
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Antonyms

whittle death subversion blight decimation damage
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Hypernyms

increase step-up

Hyponyms

ego trip self-aggrandizement self-aggrandisement

Phrases with the word

act of self-aggrandizement

Examples

The city will gain beauty worthy of its name and to you it will be useful by its revenues, and the eternal fame of its aggrandizement. Leonardo da Vinci

All modern wars, even when their aims are the traditional ones, such as territorial aggrandizement or the acquisition of scarce resources, are cast as clashes of civilizations - culture wars - with each side claiming the high ground, and characterizing the other as barbaric. Susan Sontag

the aggrandizement of the king Source: Internet

his elevation to cardinal Source: Internet

Gladstone denounced Disraeli's policies of territorial aggrandizement, military pomp, and imperial symbolism (such as making the Queen Empress of India), saying it did not fit a modern commercial and Christian nation. Source: Internet

In these circumstances Alexander, feeling more than ever that he could only rely on his own kin, turned his thoughts to further family aggrandizement. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

aggrandizable aggrandization aggrandize aggrandizer aggrate aggravable