self-elevation

noun

elevation of oneself in one's own mind

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

OriginEnglish elevation ← Old French elevation ← Latin ēlevātiō →
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Meanings

nounself-elevation (countable and uncountable, plural self-elevations)

plural self-elevations

  1. countableuncountableelevation of oneself in one's own mind

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

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

    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.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*swé?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*selbʰ-
  3. Proto-Germanic*selbaz
  4. Old Englishself
  5. Old Englishself-
  6. Middle Englishself-
  7. Englishself-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  10. Proto-Italic*eks
  11. Latinex
  12. Latinex-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₁lengʷʰ-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₁léngʰus
  15. Proto-Italic*breɣʷisinflu.
  16. Proto-Italic*leɣʷis
  17. Latinlevis
  18. Latinlevō
  19. Latinēlevō
  20. Latinēlevātiō
  21. Old Frenchelevation
  22. Englishelevation
  23. Englishself-elevation

From self- + elevation.

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Chicago

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