Definitions
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- adjective Describing actions intended to make oneself seem more
important .Boastful .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of self-aggrandizement
- adjective exhibiting self-importance
Etymologies
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Examples
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However, methinks the bulk of them are wising up to the bad opinions, false heroics, cowardly verbal attacks, hysterical malaprops, boorish bravado and self-aggrandizing bile being poured on-screen, on the airwaves and the Internet by these current players, retired players, and boorish self-appointed "experts".
Ed Berliner: Jay Cutler Brings Out a Yellow Streak in Fellow Players
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Presumably, what makes political networks so pernicious is not their personal sex life, but the very real damage they do to their states in the form of myopic and self-aggrandizing lawmaking, incompetent appointees, and a perversion of our democratic institutions.
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For a second there when I read this headline, I forgot that Evan was a political scion and thought that Matt was giving the DNC a little Singapore-style advice on how to deal with whiny, back-stabbing, self-aggrandizing Deficit Peacocks ….
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However, methinks the bulk of them are wising up to the bad opinions, false heroics, cowardly verbal attacks, hysterical malaprops, boorish bravado and self-aggrandizing bile being poured on-screen, on the airwaves and the Internet by these current players, retired players, and boorish self-appointed "experts".
Ed Berliner: Jay Cutler Brings Out a Yellow Streak in Fellow Players
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Aside from being wrong, the cynical, self-aggrandizing view that all this warmongering from the right comes down to profit is unhelpful.
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Joe, you tried to praise him for actually contributing to a discussion instead of preening and self-aggrandizing for once.
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I admit it would be self-aggrandizing to try and account for this by blaming it on the misappropriation of ‘classic’ Halo sounds in the game, but at the very least it is a symptom of the larger problem at hand.
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I admit it would be self-aggrandizing to try and account for this by blaming it on the misappropriation of ‘classic’ Halo sounds in the game, but at the very least it is a symptom of the larger problem at hand.
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Apparently, even he's grown tired of the self-aggrandizing hoax through which he's flung enough ignorant, racist bile to fill 100 KKK meetings.
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Why is it that Congress will vote on and pass resolutions for some of the most stupid and self-aggrandizing notions, yet, do everything in their power to prevent a simple Yes or No vote on POW-MIA Hearings that have been sought for more than a dozen years.
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