self-exaltation
Example Sentences
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Joyce was an enemy of the Irish Literary Revival, which he excoriated as pretentious self-absorption and self-exaltation in the name of the authentic.
From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2022
He hated innovations as strongly as the Archdeacon himself, but with his clinging to old forms and rituals there went no self-exaltation.
From The Cathedral by Sir Hugh Walpole
It was these conflicting feelings of distrust and self-exaltation that had induced the king to refrain from mentioning Irma's letter, and at last to speak of it in the way he had.
From On the Heights A Novel by Berthold Auerbach
She mentioned in her journal her fears whether or not this publicity, and the evident respect paid her by the people in power in the city, might not develop worldly pride of self-exaltation in her.
From Elizabeth Fry by Mrs. E. R. Pitman
This light appears between two black rainy clouds, whereof the upper one is presumption and self-exaltation, and the lower a disdaining of one's neighbour.
From Christian Mysticism by William Ralph Inge
