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self-promotion

self-promotion noun: the purposeful act of presenting oneself to others in a favorable way, often viewed by others negatively as forceful, exaggerated, or self-indulgent.

Noun

self-promotion (countable and uncountable, plural self-promotions)

  1. The purposeful act of presenting oneself to others in a favorable way, often viewed by others negatively as forceful, exaggerated, or self-indulgent.
    • The resources channelled to those institutions which showed themselves most adept at formfilling, self-promotion and presentation were inadequate to sustain the quality they claimed.1997, Eric J Evans, Thatcher and Thatcherism

Forms of self-promotion

pluralself-promotions

Origin of self-promotion

From self- + promotion.

Questions about self-promotion

What does self-promotion mean?
Self-promotion means the purposeful act of presenting oneself to others in a favorable way, often viewed by others negatively as forceful, exaggerated, or self-indulgent.
What part of speech is self-promotion?
Self-promotion is a noun.
What is the plural of self-promotion?
The plural of self-promotion is self-promotions.

Words near self-promotion in the dictionary

  1. self-promoted
  2. self-promoter
  3. self-promoters
  4. self-promotes
  5. self-promoting
  6. self-promotion
  7. self-promotional
  8. self-promotions
  9. self-pronouncing
  10. self-propagate
  11. self-propagated

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