self-aggrandizement

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

self-aggrandizement
    n 1: an act undertaken to increase your own power and influence
         or to draw attention to your own importance [syn: {self-
         aggrandizement}, {self-aggrandisement}, {ego trip}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Self-aggrandizement \Self`-ag*gran"dize*ment\, n.
   The aggrandizement of one's self.
   [1913 Webster]

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