self-exaltation
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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
Most major West German newspapers backed K�ng, though the influential Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung accused him of "self-exaltation and contempt for others."
From Time Magazine Archive
There is no display, no self-analysis, no self-exaltation, no amalgamation of self with nature.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 05 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English by Various
Then how should others, how should such infirm beings as we, be free from self-exaltation?
From Epistle Sermons, Vol. II Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost by Lenker, John Nicholas
None the less did he warn the victors against self-exaltation and arrogance.
From Life of Luther by Koestlin, Julius
