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Any time you talk about your own stuff you sound self-aggrandising.
Chris Isaak

Meaning of "self-aggrandising" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SELF-AGGRANDISING

self-aggrandising  [ˌsɛlfəˈɡrænˌdaɪzɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SELF-AGGRANDISING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Self-Aggrandising is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SELF-AGGRANDISING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Boasting

Boasting or bragging is the act of making an ostentatious speech. It is considered a vice by such major religious groups as Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism. Boasting has also been studied by such evolutionary psychologists as Robert Wright, and can involve magnifying an accomplishment out of proportion to its importance.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SELF-AGGRANDISING


advertising
ˈædvəˌtaɪzɪŋ
appetizing
ˈæpɪˌtaɪzɪŋ
civilizing
ˈsɪvɪlaɪzɪŋ
compromising
ˈkɒmprəmaɪzɪŋ
downsizing
ˈdaʊnsaɪzɪŋ
energizing
ˈenədʒaɪzɪŋ
merchandising
ˈmɜːtʃənˌdaɪzɪŋ
merchandizing
ˈmɜːtʃəndaɪzɪŋ
mesmerizing
ˈmɛzməraɪzɪŋ
nonoxidising
nɒnˈɒksɪˌdaɪzɪŋ
nonoxidizing
nɒnˈɒksɪˌdaɪzɪŋ
organizing
ˈɔːɡənaɪzɪŋ
rising
ˈraɪzɪŋ
self-aggrandizing
ˌselfəˈɡrænˌdaɪzɪŋ
sizing
ˈsaɪzɪŋ
socializing
ˈsəʊʃəˌlaɪzɪŋ
surprising
səˈpraɪzɪŋ
tantalizing
ˈtæntəˌlaɪzɪŋ
uncompromising
ʌnˈkɒmprəˌmaɪzɪŋ
uprising
ˈʌpˌraɪzɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SELF-AGGRANDISING

self-addressed
self-addressed envelope
self-addressed stamped envelope
self-adhesive
self-adjusting
self-administered
self-advancement
self-advertisement
self-advocacy
self-aggrandisement
self-aggrandizement
self-aggrandizing
self-analysis
self-annealing
self-annihilation
self-apparent
self-appointed
self-appraisal
self-assembly
self-asserting

WORDS THAT END LIKE SELF-AGGRANDISING

agonising
appetising
appraising
below-the-line advertising
bruising
consciousness raising
consciousness-raising
contextual advertising
display advertising
Easter Rising
fundraising
hair-raising
housing
practising
promising
raising
self-raising
subliminal advertising
unappetising
unpromising
unsurprising

Synonyms and antonyms of self-aggrandising in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «self-aggrandising» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SELF-AGGRANDISING

Find out the translation of self-aggrandising to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of self-aggrandising from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «self-aggrandising» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

自我吹捧
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

auto- engrandecimiento
570 millions of speakers

English

self-aggrandising
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आत्म aggrandising
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

aggrandising الذاتي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

само- aggrandising
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

auto - engrandecendo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্ব-aggrandising
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

auto- s´agrandir
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mengalakkan diri sendiri
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Selbstherrlicher
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

自己aggrandising
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

자기 권력의 확대
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nggedhekake awake dhewe
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tự aggrandising
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுய மிகைப்படுத்தல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्वत: ची वाढत्या
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kendi kendine aggrandising
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

auto- aggrandising
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

self- aggrandising
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

само- aggrandising
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

auto- aggrandising
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αυτο - aggrandising
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

self- aggrandising
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

självförhärligande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

selv aggrandising
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of self-aggrandising

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SELF-AGGRANDISING»

The term «self-aggrandising» is used very little and occupies the 152.019 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SELF-AGGRANDISING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «self-aggrandising» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «self-aggrandising» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about self-aggrandising

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3 QUOTES WITH «SELF-AGGRANDISING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word self-aggrandising.
1
Anna Chancellor
There's a certain amount of self-aggrandising with actors, and I'm terribly shy of that.
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Chris Isaak
Any time you talk about your own stuff you sound self-aggrandising.
3
Tom Stoppard
The notion that the 'leader' has the right to ask huge sacrifices of your generation for a notional future paradise - if you'd be good enough to lie down under the wheels of the juggernaut - that sentimental and self-aggrandising rationalisation for brute force and cowardice I felt from adolescence was wrong.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SELF-AGGRANDISING»

Discover the use of self-aggrandising in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to self-aggrandising and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Making Ends Meet: Essays and Talks, 1992-2004
... a few more moves down the track to a lot more people than the tight-arsed, vainglorious, self-pitying or self-deprecatory or self-aggrandising expressions of personal doubt or revelation that I felt were passing themselves off as literature.
Ian Wedde, 2005
2
A Theory of Deference in Administrative Law: Basis, ...
... an “interpretation” of the scope of the agency's authority'.2" No firm line can be drawn between self-aggrandising decisions and non-self-aggrandising decisions . In addition, self-aggrandisement may occur where a delegated decision-maker  ...
Paul Daly, 2012
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Transgressions: Critical Australian Indigenous Histories
His dedication to self-justification and self-aggrandising was exasperating to say the least. I first encountered Péron when I was an undergraduate history student. I found him repellent; almost everything he said was disagreeable. Initially I was ...
Ingereth Macfarlane, Mark Hannah, 2007
4
Information Technology and Moral Philosophy
Perhaps people will think that you are self-aggrandising. Perhaps they will be less inclined to buy your books once it is revealed that their author is just grey old you. Best, of course, if people come to discover that you are the 'famous author' ...
Jeroen van den Hoven, John Weckert, 2008
5
Activist Poetics: Anarchy in the Avon Valley
Freud maps the presence of infant compulsiveness that accounts for later superstitious self-aggrandising, a narcissism of adulthood that personalises coincidences in relation to events. Such self-aggrandising in this occupied environment (of ...
John Kinsella, Niall Lucy, 2010
6
Storytelling and Drama: Exploring Narrative Episodes in Plays
The self-aggrandising story is often considered to exemplify a male conversational style which is competitive rather than cooperative (Eckert and McConnell-Ginet 2003: 122). The kind of competitive banter which this style involves is shown to ...
Hugo Bowles, 2010
7
Radicalisation and Media: Connectivity and Terrorism in the ...
These variables allow us to suggest three putative attitudinal motifs vis-à-vis religion and theological legitimation. (a) Self-aggrandising: These include forum administrators and the top tier of forum members who often display little distinction ...
Andrew Hoskins, Akil Awan, Ben O'Loughlin, 2011
8
Queer Attachments: The Cultural Politics of Shame
most people, and outlawism has a tendency to produce a self-aggrandising stance that can produce more alienation than dialogue. States of injury are endemic to the perception of being outside, when often outsider status is claimed by a ...
Professor Sally R Munt, 2012
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Saints and Symposiasts: The Literature of Food and the ...
I4 Nor is the epitomator apologetic about his own task: the claim that the day would run out before he could complete his catalogue is a comically self- aggrandising echo of Odysseus' claim in Odyssey 11.330 that the night would come to an ...
Jason König, 2012
10
Playing with History: The Historical Approach to Musical ...
He outlines the fundamental opposition that early music is supposed to make to the 'self-aggrandising individualism prevalent in Mainstream musical praxis' (p. 299), something that was to become far less the case in the later 198os and 199os ...
John Butt, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SELF-AGGRANDISING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term self-aggrandising is used in the context of the following news items.
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Key to happy love life? Humility
In a world filled with self-aggrandising online dating profiles, it may seem counterintuitive to think of being humble as a relationship magnet. But "humility is a ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
2
Mitsubishi bosses apologise for using US PoWs as forced labour
He stressed that the apology was not half-hearted, qualified or self-aggrandising for Mitsubishi. He said the apology “admits to wrongdoing, makes sincere ... «BreakingNews.ie, Jul 15»
3
EU madness: Fury as 'delusional' Eurocrats splash £2 MILLION on …
European Union (EU) bureaucrats are set to splash £2 MILLION on a lavish dinner set in a self-aggrandising attempt to impress foreign leaders, it emerged ... «Express.co.uk, Jul 15»
4
Red card for film that glorifies Fifa
We sit through the "cringeworthy, self-aggrandising" Fifa-funded film "United ... movie that the Hollywood Reporter calls “a cringeworthy, self-aggrandising affair ... «Mail & Guardian Online, Jun 15»
5
George Galloway's Concession Speech Was Ungracious and Self
George Galloway's Concession Speech Was Ungracious and Self-Aggrandising, Even by His Standards. 0. Galloway. by Nick Hallett8 May 20150 ... «Breitbart News, May 15»
6
When you are a manager, your team knows all your flaws
A body of research shows how unreliably self-aggrandising our view of ourselves is. A study published last year of 22 meta-analyses found that people ... «Financial Times, Mar 15»
7
George Ferguson accused of being a dictator at fiery RPZ meeting in …
BRISTOL mayor George Ferguson was accused of being a self-aggrandising dictator in implementing the controversial residents' parking zones (RPZs). «Bristol Post, Mar 15»
8
Kanye West delivers pure Kanye at Oxford University
It wouldn't be a Kanye West speech without some self-aggrandising but oddly refreshing and endearing statements, and he didn't disappoint. Check out this ... «9news.com.au, Mar 15»
9
Narendra Modi's pinstripe suit raises £450000 for Ganges clean-up
Some, including his predecessor Dr Manmohan Singh's tailor, derided it as flashy and self-aggrandising, while his supporters said those who sneered were ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Feb 15»
10
Banker slams Russell Brand for 'self-aggrandising' protest
A disgruntled banker has hit back at outspoken comedian turned activist Russell Brand over the celebrity's attempt at a publicity stunt in London last week. «TVNZ, Dec 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Self-Aggrandising [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/self-aggrandising>. Apr 2024 ».
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