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self-exalting

self-exalting adjective: exalting oneself; holding oneself in high esteem.

Adjective

self-exalting (comparative more self-exalting, superlative most self-exalting)

  1. Exalting oneself; holding oneself in high esteem.
    • I am far from ſuppoſing that all Affections do ſhew a tender Heart: Hatred, Anger, Vain-glory, and other ſelfiſh and ſelf-exalting Affections, may greatly prevail in the hardeſt Heart.1746, Jonathan Edwards, A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections, Boston: S. Kneeland and T. Green, page 24
    • Silly, self-exalting creatures, ever ready to vaunt ourselves, while professing to be nothing in ourselves, and to deserve nothing but the flames of an everlasting hell.1871, “Gideon and his companions (Part VI)”, in Things New & Old, volume 14, page 218

Noun

self-exalting (countable and uncountable, plural self-exaltings)

  1. Self-exaltation.
    • A man's hands may be tied by ſome external cords caſt upon them, from viſible revenge, and yet murders may lodge in the temple of his heart, as murderers lodged in the Temple of old; mens tongues may be tied up from the foul ſin of giving fair words concerning themſelves, very ſhame may chaſtize...1667, Samuel Shaw, chapter 2, in Immanuel. Or, A diſcovery of True Religion, As it imports a living Principle in the minds of men; grounded upon Chriſt's Diſcourſe with the Samaritaneſs, London
    • They want that Experience which fully convinceth Riper Chriſtians of the errour of Self exalting, ſo that none are ſo apt to rage and be confident as the Ignorant and Injudicious.1685, Richard Baxter, A Paraphrase on the New Teſtament, With Notes, Doctrinal and Practical, London: Printed for B. Simmons, at the Three Cocks, and Tho. Simmons, at the Princes Arms, I Timothy 3:6

Forms of self-exalting

Adjective
comparativemore self-exalting
superlativemost self-exalting
Noun
pluralself-exaltings

Questions about self-exalting

What does self-exalting mean?
Self-exalting means exalting oneself; holding oneself in high esteem.
What part of speech is self-exalting?
Self-exalting can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near self-exalting in the dictionary

  1. self-evidency
  2. self-evident
  3. self-evidently
  4. self-evolution
  5. self-exaltation
  6. self-exalting
  7. self-exaltings
  8. self-exam
  9. self-examination
  10. self-examinations
  11. self-exams

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