HyperDic: aggrandisement

English > 1 sense of the word aggrandisement:
NOUNactaggrandisement, aggrandizement, elevationthe act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something
English > aggrandisement: 1 sense > noun 1, act
MeaningThe act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something.
Synonymsaggrandizement, elevation
Narrowerself-aggrandizement, self-aggrandisement, ego tripAn act undertaken to increase your own power and influence or to draw attention to your own importance
Broaderincrease, step-upThe act of increasing / increasing something
Spanishascenso, engrandecimiento
Catalanascens, elevació
Verbsaggrandiseadd details to

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