self-advertisement

noun

self-promotion

Meanings

nounself-advertisement (countable and uncountable, plural self-advertisements)

plural self-advertisements

  1. countableuncountableself-promotion

    When these lesser things count more than the greater, bragging and self-advertisement come to the fore because they pay, as they have throughout our history.

    1997 November 2, “In America, Boasting Has Proud History”, in The New York Times
    1 more example

    A great believer in karma, and nearly as frank in his confessions as he was exuberant in his self-advertisements, Norman Mailer was surely convinced that he would get the biography he deserved.

    2013 October 20, Adam Begley, “Norman Mailer: A Life Lived Loud”, in The Daily Beast

Origin

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APA

self-advertisement. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-advertisement

MLA

“self-advertisement.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-advertisement. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-advertisement,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-advertisement.

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