self-flattery
nounEtymology From self- + flattery.
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The holding of an unjustifiably high opinion of oneself or one's actions.
- When self-flattery is turned up high it gets your adrenaline pumping, it rivets your attention.2007, Willis Goth Regier, In Praise of Flattery:
- Causing blindness to one's own faults, self-love ultimately generates self-flattery, according to Plutarch's discussion.2010, Albrecht Classen, Friendship in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age:
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- Self-flattery is foolish.2016, Boyd Bailey, Two Minutes in the Bible Through Psalms:
- Related terms
- narcissism