His childish idea was, in fact, a pushing to the extremity of mathematical precision what is everywhere known as Grimm's Law—an aggrandizement of rough rules to ideal completeness.
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Aggrandizement
/əˈɡrændɪzmənt/
Synonyms for "aggrandizement" (90 found)
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8 entriesbrand aggrandizementcorporate aggrandizementcorporate expansioninstitutional aggrandizementmilitary expansionpersonal aggrandizementpolitical aggrandizementterritorial expansion
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6 entriesaggrandizement of powerbrand aggrandizementcorporate aggrandizementmedia aggrandizementpolitical aggrandizementself aggrandizement
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The emperor seeks only the aggrandizement of his own family.
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He contented himself therefore with repeating, that his attachment was to Miss Ashton personally; that he desired neither wealth nor aggrandizement from her father's means and influence, and that nothing should prevent his keeping his engagement, excepting her own express desire that it should be relinquished—and he requested as a favour that the matter might be no more mentioned betwixt them at present, assuring the Marquis of A—— that he should be his confident in its progress or its interruption.
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The political analyst, speaking on the second installment of the show after its debut on Saturday, said the president's motivation has always been either 'self-aggrandizement' or 'self-preservation.'
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