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
Eyes blinded by self-worship, an inpenetrable hide, these things, too, have their uses in time—very practical uses, which it would be silly to ignore.
From The Far Horizon by Malet, Lucas
I suppose Tartuffe had persuaded himself into self-worship, into the conviction that everything he said and did must be right.
From Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches by McCarthy, Justin
