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self-elevation

self-elevation noun: elevation of oneself in one's own mind.

Noun

self-elevation (countable and uncountable, plural self-elevations)

  1. elevation of oneself in one's own mind
    • Humility and care for others are the important qualities lacking in our self-preoccupations and self-elevations.
  2. elevation of one's own user privilege level (usually to run software that requires a higher privilege level)
    • User self-elevation occurs when mobile, remote, or power users need to run software that is usually run by only users with administrator-level permissions.

Forms of self-elevation

pluralself-elevations

Origin of self-elevation

From self- + elevation.

Questions about self-elevation

What does self-elevation mean?
Self-elevation means elevation of oneself in one's own mind.
What part of speech is self-elevation?
Self-elevation is a noun.
What is the plural of self-elevation?
The plural of self-elevation is self-elevations.

Words near self-elevation in the dictionary

  1. self-elect
  2. self-elected
  3. self-electing
  4. self-elective
  5. self-elects
  6. self-elevation
  7. self-elevations
  8. self-embedding
  9. self-emitting
  10. self-employed
  11. self-employee

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