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self-admiration
noun[ U ]
mainly disapproving(alsoself admiration)uk /ˌself.æd.mɪˈreɪ.ʃən/ us /ˌself.æd.məˈreɪ.ʃən/
the quality of being very proud of yourself and your actions:
They reminded me that too much self-admiration is unacceptable.
We understand the excessive self-admiration of those men very well.
You might want to wallow in self admiration that you were right, but that doesn't help anyone.
He was looking at himself in the mirror with obvious self-admiration.
Even if her self-admiration is warranted, perhaps she shouldn't have written it down.
He is a man of huge egotism and self-admiration.
Extreme forms of self-admiration may actually be the result of insecurity.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Showing arrogance and conceit
(as) proud as Luciferidiom
airs and gracesidiom
arrogant
arrogantly
as if you owned the placeidiom
egoistic
egoistically
egomaniacal
egomaniacally
egotistic
patronizing
patronizingly
pomposity
pompous
pompously
swollen head
swollen-headed
talk down to someone
think the (whole) world revolves around youidiom
throw your weight aroundidiom
Synonyms
conceit self-satisfaction Related wordadmiration
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