self-aggrandisement

Noun

Meaning

an act undertaken to increase your own power and influence or to draw attention to your own importance

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

ego trip self-aggrandizement

Hypernyms

elevation aggrandizement aggrandisement

Examples

So much for the notion that Con Lucey's report on remuneration would provide closure to the IFA crisis of self-aggrandisement. Source: Internet

“The GFA has now become an instrument for self-aggrandisement by people who run it to make themselves rich.” Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

self-affirmation self-affliction self-affrighted self-aggrandising self-aggrandizement self-aggrandizer