self-elevations
Raising one's status
Self-elevations are acts of raising one's own status, importance, or position.
The term applies to literal physical raising—as in yoga or exercise where you lift your body—but more often describes efforts to enhance one's standing or reputation: His constant self-elevations during meetings irritated his colleagues.
The word typically carries a whiff of vanity or self-promotion.
Forward movement or promotion
- climbingAscending by physical effort
- ambitionDesire for achievement
- career ladderSequential job advancement structure
- upward mobilityRising social or economic status
networking · personal branding · resume building · visibility · achievement · professional growth · status-seeking · positioning
Surpassing usual limits
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- ascensionMovement to higher position
- consciousness-raisingIncreasing social or political awareness
- awakeningReturn to consciousness
kundalini · meditation · inner growth · moksha · satori · nirvana · spiritual ascent · divine connection
Overhead bar lifts
- inversionsOrder turned around
- levitationUnsupported aerial suspension
- aerial yogaPoses performed while suspended
- pole climbingScaling vertical posts
handstands · calisthenics · suspension · muscle-ups · bouldering · parkour · vaulting · mounting
Excessive admiration of oneself
- superiority complexDelusion of being better
- grandiosityExaggerated sense of importance
- hubrisRuinous excessive confidence
- vanityExcessive pride in oneself
conceit · arrogance · pomposity · smugness · pretension · overconfidence · boastfulness · pride
advancement
Forward movement or promotion
- climbingAscending by physical effort
- ambitionDesire for achievement
- career ladderSequential job advancement structure
upward mobility · networking · personal branding · resume building · visibility · achievement · professional growth · status-seeking · positioning · bootstrapping
transcendence
Surpassing usual limits
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- ascensionMovement to higher position
- consciousness-raisingIncreasing social or political awareness
awakening · kundalini · meditation · inner growth · moksha · satori · nirvana · spiritual ascent · divine connection · illumination
pull-ups
Overhead bar lifts
- inversionsOrder turned around
- levitationUnsupported aerial suspension
- aerial yogaPoses performed while suspended
pole climbing · handstands · calisthenics · suspension · muscle-ups · bouldering · parkour · vaulting · mounting · hoisting
narcissism
Excessive admiration of oneself
- superiority complexDelusion of being better
- grandiosityExaggerated sense of importance
- hubrisRuinous excessive confidence
vanity · conceit · arrogance · pomposity · smugness · pretension · overconfidence · boastfulness · pride · haughtiness
self-elevationshumility
Freedom from arrogance
modesty · self-deprecation · self-abasement · self-effacement · self-depreciation
self-elevationsself-denial
Restraining one's own desires
ego death · selflessness · self-sacrifice · ego dissolution · humbleness
self, selves, selfish, selfless, selfhood, selfishly, selfishness, selflessness, elevation