Aggrandisement

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of aggrandizement. British, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable

    "Evelyn was but one of many. Reckless, loving pleasure and ease; with much of worldly wealth and aggrandisement to tempt him on the other side of the question; yet was he heart and soul devoted to the Stuarts..."

  2. 2
    the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something wordnet

Synonyms

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aggrandizementaggrandizementelevation

Example

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"Evelyn was but one of many. Reckless, loving pleasure and ease; with much of worldly wealth and aggrandisement to tempt him on the other side of the question; yet was he heart and soul devoted to the Stuarts..."

Etymology

From aggrandise + -ment.

Related phrases

self-aggrandisement

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