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aggrandizement
noun as in exaltation
Strong matches
Weak matches
noun as in increase
Example Sentences
Ego and corrupt special interests motivated some presidents, but the best put aside personal aggrandizement and plutocratic backers to strive for the common good in a diverse and dynamic nation.
“Nor does Congress have the power to serve subpoenas ‘for the personal aggrandizement of the investigators or to punish those investigated.’”
Who can criticize a Black man’s politics and aggrandizement.
Sen. Patty Murray is the kind of politician who can be trusted to use her seniority for productive work, not personal aggrandizement or self-promotion.
Harnessing this anger for their own aggrandizement at the expense of others, however, is something that the Corinthian and Donald Trump, and all those who aspire to be like them, specialize in.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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