aggrandizements
Acts of exalting
Aggrandizements are acts of increasing power, status, wealth, or importance—usually with a suggestion of excess or self-interest.
The word appears most often with *self-*: His career was marked by relentless self-aggrandizement.
Territorial aggrandizement describes a nation expanding its borders through conquest or annexation.
Praising oneself excessively
- boastfulnessExcessive pride in oneself
- vanityExcessive pride in oneself
- narcissismExcessive admiration of oneself
- egotismInflated sense of self-importance
self-importance · conceit · hubris · arrogance · braggadocio · pomposity · swagger · showboating
Rhetorical extreme exaggeration
- embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration
- overstatementClaim beyond the facts
- inflationSustained price level increase
- pufferyOverblown self-promotion
dramatization · magnification · grandiosity · overemphasis · amplification · distortion · boasting · elaboration
Increase in size
- expansionIncrease in scope
- amplificationIncrease in intensity
- elevationHeight above reference point
- magnificationDegree of visual enlargement
augmentation · enrichment · embellishment · glorification · ennoblement · upgrade · boosting · strengthening
Superior influence over others
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- hegemonyDominant group's control
- supremacyHighest rank or power
- imperialismExtending dominion over others
empire-building · expansionism · conquest · sovereignty · ascendancy · consolidation · territorial · influence
self-glorification
Praising oneself excessively
- boastfulnessExcessive pride in oneself
- vanityExcessive pride in oneself
- narcissismExcessive admiration of oneself
egotism · self-importance · conceit · hubris · arrogance · braggadocio · pomposity · swagger · showboating · publicity
hyperbole
Rhetorical extreme exaggeration
- embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration
- overstatementClaim beyond the facts
- inflationSustained price level increase
puffery · dramatization · magnification · grandiosity · overemphasis · amplification · distortion · boasting · elaboration · stretching
enlargement
Increase in size
- expansionIncrease in scope
- amplificationIncrease in intensity
- elevationHeight above reference point
magnification · augmentation · enrichment · embellishment · glorification · ennoblement · upgrade · boosting · strengthening · heightening
dominance
Superior influence over others
imperialism · empire-building · expansionism · conquest · sovereignty · ascendancy · consolidation · territorial · influence · control
aggrandizementsdiminishments
Acts of making smaller
reductions · contractions · shrinkages · diminutions · curtailments
aggrandizementsabasements
Acts of humiliation
degradations · demotions · humiliations · debasements · belittlements
aggrandizementsself-effacements
Deliberate personal minimization
modesty · understatements · humility · unpretentiousness · self-deprecation