Self-elevation

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    elevation of oneself in one's own mind countable, uncountable

    "Humility and care for others are the important qualities lacking in our self-preoccupations and self-elevations."

  2. 2
    elevation of one's own user privilege level (usually to run software that requires a higher privilege level) countable, uncountable

    "User self-elevation occurs when mobile, remote, or power users need to run software that is usually run by only users with administrator-level permissions."

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"Humility and care for others are the important qualities lacking in our self-preoccupations and self-elevations."

Etymology

From self- + elevation.

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