aggrandizement
11aggrandizement — ag|gran|dize|ment [ ə grændızmənt ] noun uncount an increase in power or importance that is not deserved or reasonable: bureaucratic aggrandizement and corporate greed …
12aggrandizement — aggrandize (also aggrandise) ► VERB 1) increase the power, status, or wealth of. 2) artificially enhance the reputation of. DERIVATIVES aggrandizement noun. ORIGIN French agrandir, from Latin grandis large …
13aggrandizement — noun see aggrandize …
14aggrandizement — See aggrandize. * * * …
15aggrandizement — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. The act of increasing or rising: amplification, augment, augmentation, boost, buildup, enlargement, escalation, growth, hike, increase, jump, multiplication, proliferation, raise, rise, swell, upsurge, upswing,… …
16aggrandizement — n. Exaltation, elevation, promotion, advancement, preferment. See advancement …
17aggrandizement — n 1. increase, enlargement, expansion, extension; widening, thickening, broadening; lengthening, prolongation, protraction; inflation, dilatation, dilation, waxing; growth, spread, swell. 2. addition, accretion, increment, accession, access;… …
18aggrandizement — ag·gran·dize·ment …
19aggrandizement — UK [əˈɡrændɪzmənt] / US noun [uncountable] formal an increase in power or importance that is not deserved or reasonable …
20Self-aggrandizement — Self ag*gran dize*ment, n. The aggrandizement of one s self. [1913 Webster] …