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self-flattery

self-flattery noun: the holding of an unjustifiably high opinion of oneself or one's actions.

Noun

self-flattery (uncountable)

  1. The holding of an unjustifiably high opinion of oneself or one's actions.
    • When self-flattery is turned up high it gets your adrenaline pumping, it rivets your attention.2007, Willis Goth Regier, In Praise of Flattery
    • Causing blindness to one's own faults, self-love ultimately generates self-flattery, according to Plutarch's discussion.2010, Albrecht Classen, Friendship in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age

self-flattery meaning in Tamil and Kannada

self-flattery in Tamil

தற்புகழ்ச்சி

self-flattery in Kannada

ಆತ್ಮಪ್ರಶಂಸೆ

Origin of self-flattery

From self- + flattery.

Questions about self-flattery

What does self-flattery mean?
Self-flattery means the holding of an unjustifiably high opinion of oneself or one's actions.
What is self-flattery in Tamil?
Self-flattery in Tamil is தற்புகழ்ச்சி. See Self-flattery meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is self-flattery?
Self-flattery is a noun.

Words near self-flattery in the dictionary

  1. self-finishing
  2. self-fitting
  3. self-flagellation
  4. self-flagellations
  5. self-flagellatory
  6. self-flattery
  7. self-focus
  8. self-focused
  9. self-focuses
  10. self-focusing
  11. self-focussed

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: self-flattery (page history and authors); self-flattery (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); self-flattery (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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