self-flattery

noun

The holding of an unjustifiably high opinion of oneself or one's actions.

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Meanings

nounself-flattery (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe holding of an unjustifiably high opinion of oneself or one's actions.

    Self-flattery is foolish.

    2016, Boyd Bailey, Two Minutes in the Bible Through Psalms
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    When self-flattery is turned up high it gets your adrenaline pumping, it rivets your attention.

    2007, Willis Goth Regier, In Praise of Flattery

    Causing blindness to one's own faults, self-love ultimately generates self-flattery, according to Plutarch's discussion.

    2010, Albrecht Classen, Friendship in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age

Origin

From self- + flattery.

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APA

self-flattery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-flattery

MLA

“self-flattery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-flattery. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-flattery,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-flattery.

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