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Recent Examples of self-flattering
Might there be a hint of something vain, or self-flattering in that charm?
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Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
15 May 2026
Sugimoto’s ecoformalism consists in challenging this self-flattering intuition.
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Harmon Siegel,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
Convert a self-flattering remark into a mixture of both humility-based and complaint-based.
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Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
5 Dec. 2024
The notion that history is a story of progress is another self-flattering illusion.
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Helena Rosenblatt,
Foreign Affairs,
20 Feb. 2024
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
15 May 2026
Sugimoto’s ecoformalism consists in challenging this self-flattering intuition.
—
Harmon Siegel,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
Convert a self-flattering remark into a mixture of both humility-based and complaint-based.
—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
5 Dec. 2024
The notion that history is a story of progress is another self-flattering illusion.
—
Helena Rosenblatt,
Foreign Affairs,
20 Feb. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-flattering
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But the show still makes its point that the world of this play has narcissistic aggressors and flailing victims, and those who fall into both of those categories.
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Who hasn’t nodded along in recognition while listening to a story about a nightmare roommate, or had a narcissistic relative who makes everything about himself?
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It is used in systems like EgoMimic and EMMA to train manipulation policies from egocentric human data.
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In less than a year, several firms have cropped up in India that recruit people to record first-person or egocentric videos.
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By chance, Rhaena arrives at the Gullet on dragonback just in time to make the same hubristic mistake as her sister and her cousin, all suffering from the delusion that the war needs them.
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The Iraq War’s neoconservative architects suffered from a hubristic faith in American power and their own righteousness.
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Avoid Burying Praise in Negatives To avoid making children too conceited, parents might bury praise in the midst of negatives.
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The Pitt definitely feels like the type of workplace where conceited doctors-in-training are pretty much guaranteed to quickly get knocked down a peg.
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Hathaway gets the most fun part to play in this formidable ensemble, starring as egotistical actress Daphne Kluger, who starts as the mark but ends up enlisting among the thieves.
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Demolishes the East Wing of the White House on an egotistical whim?
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Historian Sandgruber describes how Alois Hitler wrote his 1895 letters in a deeply smug, anti-clerical manner that overestimated his abilities.
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Li at times plays Cola with a smug impetuousness that belies her naivety about this world to a satisfying degree.
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Three hundred high school players gather at a remote facility to compete in ruthless trials where only one will emerge as the world’s greatest and most egoistic striker.
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This is not the time to get complacent.
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Larson is in a position to play a leading role in protecting our benefits, which are at increasing risk from this administration and complacent Republicans.
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“Self-flattering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-flattering. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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