Meanings
nounself-promotion (countable and uncountable, plural self-promotions)
plural self-promotions
- countableuncountableThe purposeful act of presenting oneself to others in a favorable way, often viewed by others negatively as forceful, exaggerated, or self-indulgent.
The resources channelled to those institutions which showed themselves most adept at formfilling, self-promotion and presentation were inadequate to sustain the quality they claimed.
1997, Eric J Evans, Thatcher and Thatcherism
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*swé?
- Proto-Indo-European*selbʰ-
- Proto-Germanic*selbaz
- Old Englishself
- Old Englishself-
- Middle Englishself-
- Englishself-
- Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
- Proto-Indo-European*pér
- Proto-Indo-European*pró
- Proto-Indo-European*pro-
- Proto-Italic*pro-
- Latinprō-
- Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
- Proto-Italic*moweō
- Latinmoveō
- Latinprōmoveō
- Late Latinprōmotiō
- Old Frenchpromocion
- Englishpromotion
- Englishself-promotion
Translations
Hungarian önreklámozás
- önreklámozásthe act of promoting oneself
Polish autopromocja
- autopromocjathe act of promoting oneself
Swedish självpromotion, självbefordran
- självpromotionthe act of promoting oneself
- självbefordranthe act of promoting oneself
Cite this entry
APA
self-promotion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-promotion
MLA
“self-promotion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-promotion. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-promotion,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-promotion.
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