self-worship
Example Sentences
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Self-regard bordering on self-worship and a willingness to bend the truth may have been assets that helped his rise.
From Washington Post • May 16, 2016
He has the late senator’s gift for exaggeration and self-worship, and he needs the spotlight the way a vampire needs blood.
From Washington Post • Jan. 4, 2016
James Douglas' excellent essay "Star Lords" on The Awl pegs the rise of Silicon Valley's self-worship to Star Wars fandom run amok.
From The Verge • Dec. 19, 2015
I am beginning to doubt whether my belief on the matter has not been the product of insular ignorance and idolatrous self-worship.
From North America — Volume 1 by Trollope, Anthony
It is the world of evil and darkness, of animalism and ferocity, bloodthirstiness, ambition and avarice, of self-worship, egotism and passion; it is the world of nature.
From The Promulgation of Universal Peace by `Abdu'l-Bahá