Self-promotion

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The purposeful act of presenting oneself to others in a favorable way, often viewed by others negatively as forceful, exaggerated, or self-indulgent. countable, uncountable

    "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."

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"I'm not good at self-promotion."

Etymology

From self- + promotion.

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