aggrandizementnoun [ U ]
formal disapproving UK usually aggrandisement uk/əˈɡræn.dɪz.mənt/us/əˈɡræn.dɪz.mənt/an increase in power or importance:
He gives a lot of money to charity, but personal aggrandizement/self-aggrandizement is his motive.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Promoting staff
- ascend
- career-limiting
- demote
- depute
- downgrade
- fast track
- free transfer
- handover
- in the wilderness idiom
- install
- kick
- rank
- relegate
- second 1
- subordination
- time-scale promotion
- transfer
- upgradation
- upshifter
- vault
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