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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

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 Pitman, Mrs. E. R.

Thus, being in great danger of self-exaltation, I took the best medicine that I could—although by no means with intention—in waiting on my lord Quinton, who was then residing at the Manor.

From Simon Dale by Hope, Anthony

Then there is self-exaltation, another form of the works of self.

From The Master's Indwelling by Murray, Andrew




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