regional note: in BRIT, also use self-aggrandisement
uncountable noun
If you say that someone is guilty of self-aggrandizement, you mean that they do certain things in order to make themselves more powerful, wealthy, or important.
[disapproval]
He was interested in service, not self-aggrandisement.
self-aggrandizement in British English
or self-aggrandisement (ˌsɛlfəˈɡrændɪzmənt)
noun
the act of increasing one's own power, importance, etc, esp in an aggressive or ruthless manner
Derived forms
self-aggrandizing (ˌself-agˈgranˌdizing)
adjective
self-aggrandizement in American English
(ˈsɛlfəˈgrændɪzmənt)
noun
the act of making oneself more powerful, wealthy, etc., esp. in a ruthless way