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Recent Examples of self-glorification
That’s different than self-glorification — that’s about being part of the ideal.
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Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
The underlying corruption of FIFA, which runs the World Cup, makes the organization a willing accomplice in his quest for self-glorification.
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Franklin Foer,
The Atlantic,
7 Apr. 2026
At the same time, the song channeled the slightly uncomfortable fusion of selflessness and self-glorification that pop and rock ‘n’ roll stars inevitably projected during the charity-rock-event ’80s.
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Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
29 Jan. 2024
Writing about other peoples has long been in service of self-glorification.
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Manvir Singh,
The New Yorker,
25 Dec. 2023
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
The underlying corruption of FIFA, which runs the World Cup, makes the organization a willing accomplice in his quest for self-glorification.
—
Franklin Foer,
The Atlantic,
7 Apr. 2026
At the same time, the song channeled the slightly uncomfortable fusion of selflessness and self-glorification that pop and rock ‘n’ roll stars inevitably projected during the charity-rock-event ’80s.
—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
29 Jan. 2024
Writing about other peoples has long been in service of self-glorification.
—
Manvir Singh,
The New Yorker,
25 Dec. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-glorification
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There was too much egoism politically for each country to be all together with a unique economy, language and president.
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McGuane also reminded me that Hemingway was, to put it politely, a complicated personality, a domineering figure prone to brawling, affairs, and cask-strength egoism.
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Vintage Mirrors Layered on Surfaces Instead of hanging every mirror, try leaning a smaller antique mirror on a console, vanity, or shelf behind other objects.
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The bathroom had a roomy tub, large shower, double vanity and very good lighting.
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Most of the film plays out in something close to real time, and the directors, loath to hurry scenes along, slow the action down with a technical virtuosity that sometimes tilts into self-admiration.
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At first, Oliver meekly and gratefully laps up, metaphorically, the warm milk of affection that the family bestows on him between their rounds of backbiting and oblivious self-admiration.
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That historical egotism fuelled their headiest ambitions.
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Play Now Toni’s blasé egotism is mostly consistent across a film filled with conspiracy, backstabbing, and political fallout.
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In Kenny’s mind, the placement was a jab at his old rival’s vainglory: the ultimate satire.
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The conceit is saved from vainglory by the gravity Cage brings to the performance.
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Hoskins rose to prominence with his enthralling performance as Harold, a charismatic emblem of British hubris.
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But when human hubris introduces a linguistic plague on the creatures, the colonists must work to finally, truly understand the Indigenous population.
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The situation gets even worse once Bonnie’s concerned parents try to connect their daughter with friends by buying her a Lilypad, a child-appropriate smart tablet in frog-like casing, voiced with slappably perky self-satisfaction by Greta Lee.
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After 50 minutes of self-satisfaction, the hero fades serenely into a sunset that Dudamel made miraculously mystical.
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The biggest risk of all is complacency.
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Now in the midst of their best stretch of the season, Marlins manager Clayton McCullough is making sure the momentum does not turn into complacency.
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“Self-glorification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-glorification. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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