English Dictionary

self-aggrandizement

名詞

Behavior which increases one's own wealth or power, or which is intended to create an appearance of importance.

日本語の意味

自分自身の富や権力を増大させるための行動や振る舞い / 自らの重要性や威信を誇示するための振る舞い

His constant talk about his investments and connections was thinly veiled self-aggrandizement.

彼が投資や人脈について絶えず話すのは、富や権力を増そうとし、重要に見せかけようとするあからさまな行為だった。

意味（1）

Behavior which increases one's own wealth or power, or which is intended to create an appearance of importance.

[W]hat can selfish greed, what can self-aggrandizement and the most pitiless ambition effect against men who own to such discipline as this?