单词 | self-exalting |
释义 | self-exaltingn. Self-exaltation; elevation of one's own status, power, importance, etc. Also occasionally with the and plural agreement: self-exalting people collectively. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > vainglory > [noun] vainglorya1300 gloryc1340 vaingloriousness1542 self-glory1549 self-flattery1574 self-praise1586 self-exaltation1615 self-applause1625 self-exalting1634 self-glorying1646 self-attribution1649 self-gloriation1654 self-congratulation1655 self-gratulation1697 self-glorification?1800 vaingloriness1820 1634 H. Whitfield Some Helpes stir up to Christian Duties ii. 17 (margin) He..secretly confesseth the privy pronenesse of his owne heart to selfe-exalting. 1685 R. Baxter Paraphr. New Test. 1 Tim. iii. 6 The Errour of Self-exalting. 1713 M. Henry Serm. Ordination Mr. Atkinson 45 Superior Knowledge and Experience increase real Worth; but should..set at the greater Distance from Vanity and Self-exalting. 1752 J. Wesley Christian Libr. XII. 231 The first Step to Self-Denial, is—to be convinced of ones Desire after Self-exalting, Self-admiring, Self-advancing. 1864 A. A. Bonar in Christian Treasury 20 15/1 It is the remnants of pride in us, of self-importance, of self-seeking, of self-exalting, that keep us from..our present acceptance. 1947 M. J. Suelzer tr. Julianus Pomerius Contempl. Life iii. x. 124 The proud are its slaves; at its feet lie the self-exalting. 2015 C. Rawson Swift & Others x. 235 Rochester's jeering insouciance steers clear of any self-exalting. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). self-exaltingadj. Characterized by or involving self-exaltation. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > vainglory > [adjective] gloriousa1382 vainglorious?a1500 self-flatteringa1586 self-exalting1601 self-applauding1614 self-praised1626 self-flattered1647 self-glorying1659 self-exalted1668 self-gratulating1755 self-congratulating1774 self-congratulatory1798 self-applausivea1805 self-gratulatory1818 self-exaltative1821 1601 W. I. Whipping of Satyre sig. D7v My friend, you are a vild whoremongring knaue, A lecherous Rogue,..A selfe-exalting second Lucifer. a1688 J. Bunyan Of Trinity in Wks. (1767) I. 690 Those high towering and self-exalting imaginations. 1720 R. Erskine Gospel-canticles i. 15 The Bride begins with Fear and Terror, To see her legal, Self-exalting Error. 1782 W. Cowper Hope in Poems 168 If self-exalting claims be turn'd adrift. 1815 Evangelical Mag. & Missionary Chron. Oct. 387/1 The doctrines of Christ are diametrically opposite to those proud and self-exalting sentiments. 1850 W. R. Williams Relig. Progress v. 107 It is a summons..to expel the self-pleasing brute, and the self-exalting fiend, and to put on the self-abasing and self-restraining Christ. 1930 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Jrnl. 23 Sept. 4/1 Mr. Morrow's utterance was, in general, a plea..against the arrogant and self-exalting attitude of one nation in its dealings with another. 1976 F. Wyers Miguel de Unamuno i. ii. 24 One suspects the hidden presence of a self-exalting and dominating cruelty. 2016 Internat. N.Y. Times (Nexis) 18 Jan. 18 For decades, Mr. Trump has boasted of his boardroom skills in self-exalting speeches and books. Derivatives self-eˈxaltingly adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > vainglory > [adverb] for vaingloryc1380 vaingloriously1542 gloriously1566 self-gratulatingly1835 self-exaltingly1874 1874 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David IV. Ps. lxxxvi. 5 So self-exaltingly indignant at the injuries done them by others. 1947 Altoona (Pa.) Mirror 29 Jan. 13/4 President Roosevelt really considered Dean Acheson a ‘weakling,’ as Mr. Morgenthau has self-exaltingly written. 2006 B. Higgins & H. Parker Reading Melville's Pierre iii. 63 It is precisely to such self-exaltingly self-sacrificial impulses that the mysterious letter appeals. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1634adj.1601 |
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