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self-inflation
noun[ U ]
disapproving(alsoselfinflation)uk /ˌself.ɪnˈfleɪ.ʃən/ us /ˌself.ɪnˈfleɪ.ʃən/
the act or habit of making yourself seem better or more important than you are:
Do you gain anything from comparing yourself with others, apart from stress or the occasional self-inflation of your ego?
The study looked at whether individuals see themselves in an unduly positive light and, if they do, whether such self-inflation has benefits as well as costs.
The sport can't live in a permanent state of self-inflation and then roll out excuses for endless failures on the international stage.
The self-inflation we seem to derive in our part of the country from enduring bad weather is funny if you think about it.
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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