self-congratulation
noun
-ˌgra-jə-\
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amour propre, bighead, complacence, complacency, conceit, conceitedness, ego, egotism, pomposity, pompousness, pride, pridefulness, self-admiration, self-assumption, self-conceit, self-esteem, self-glory, self-importance, self-love, self-opinion, self-satisfaction, smugness, swelled head, swellheadedness, vaingloriousness, vainglory, vainness, vanity
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self-congratulation
noun
English Language Learners Definition of self-congratulation
: a way of behaving or speaking which shows that you are very happy about something that you have done
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