Self-aggrandizement

Our buddy Steve Bryant had this to offer: Self-aggrandizement in the service of self-deprecation in the service of self-aggrandizement is...meta-propaganda?

Dueling Comments: Pop Will Eat Itself 2008

Self-aggrandizement has been replaced by self-deprecation.

Guest Blogger Crabbie 2006

Self-aggrandizement has been replaced by self-deprecation.

yes, my gourd 2006

Self-aggrandizement, insufferable in a cleric, is an ambition not altogether unpardonable in a temporal prince; and if Alexander aimed at self-aggrandizement and at the founding of a permanent dynasty for his family, he did not lack examples in the careers of those among his predecessors with whom he had been associated.

The Life of Cesare Borgia Sabatini, Rafael, 1875-1950 1912

Self-aggrandizement, insufferable in a cleric, is an ambition not altogether unpardonable in a temporal prince; and if Alexander aimed at self-aggrandizement and at the founding of a permanent dynasty for his family, he did not lack examples in the careers of those among his predecessors with whom he had been associated.

The Life of Cesare Borgia Rafael Sabatini 1912

Self-aggrandizement, laudations and great praises will not win us the coveted crown.

Progressive Missions in the South and Addresses; With Illustrations and Sketches of Missionary Workers and Ministers and Bishops' Wives Sara J. Duncan 1906

Self-aggrandizement was not among Leopold's faults.

Alice's Restaurant 2009

Self-aggrandizement is followed by false feedback from others, which elevates the leader’s self-esteem, devalues the worth of others, and distances the leader from them.

The Bass Handbook of Leadership Bernard M. Bass 2008

Self-aggrandizement is followed by false feedback from others, which elevates the leader’s self-esteem, devalues the worth of others, and distances the leader from them.

The Bass Handbook of Leadership Bernard M. Bass 2008