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self-dramatization
noun[ U ]
(UK usuallyself-dramatisation)uk /ˌself.dræm.ə.taɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ us /ˌself.dræm.ə.t̬əˈzeɪ.ʃən/
the act of behaving in a way that makes you seem more exciting, important, or interesting than you really are, usually because you enjoy having people's attention: 自我表现
She had a great capacity for self-dramatization.
His compulsion for self-dramatisation found a perfect outlet in his political career. 他好自我表现的性格在从政之后找到了一个完美的舞台。
The emperor performed various acts of self-dramatization.
He confuses self-dramatization with self-awareness.
Because he felt like a victim, he also felt able to indulge in inflated self-dramatisation.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Exaggerating & playing down
bloviate
blow something out of proportionidiom
cartoonish
cartoonishly
catastrophize
fulsome
go overboardidiom
inflated
make a mountain out of a molehillidiom
make little of somethingidiom
make much of somethingidiom
make something of something/someone
meal
mildly
minimization
OTT
protest too muchidiom
romanticize
underplay
underrate
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