单词 | self-gratulation |
释义 | self-gratulationn. The action or an act of congratulating oneself for an achievement, quality, or ability, esp. in a self-satisfied way; self-congratulation. 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 1697 G. Stanhope tr. P. Charron Of Wisdom II. x. 237 There will result so pleasing an Applause, such Glory, and Self-gratulations from within [Fr. vne gratification & gloire], for our having taken the better Part. 1753 R. Hurd Let. 2 July (1995) 249 Two friendly words..give me a pleasure superior to the little movements and self-gratulations of vanity. 1802 E. Parsons Myst. Visit II. 125 The self-gratulation of her insidious guardian. 1870 J. H. Newman Ess. Gram. Assent ii. vi. 196 It [sc. certitude] is a feeling of satisfaction and self-gratulation. 1944 O. Stapledon Sirius viii. 107 This life of ease and self-gratulation was not at all what he was ‘meant for’. 2000 Jrnl. Contemp. Hist. 35 489 Victory in the Cold War..does not justify excessive self-gratulation on the part of the west. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1697 |
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