Noun
The act of exalting one's self, or the state of being so exalted.
Source: Webster's dictionaryHumility is just as much the opposite of self-abasement as it is of self-exaltation. Dag Hammarskjöld
Wishful thinking is not idealism. It is self-indulgence at best and self-exaltation at worst. In either case, it is usually at the expense of others. In other words, it is the opposite of idealism. Thomas Sowell