self-flattery

English

Etymology

From self- +‎ flattery.

Noun

self-flattery (uncountable)

1. The holding of an unjustifiably high opinion of oneself or one's actions.
   • 2007, Willis Goth Regier, In Praise of Flattery‎:

     When self-flattery is turned up high it gets your adrenaline pumping, it rivets your attention.

   • 2010, Albrecht Classen, Friendship in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age‎:

     Causing blindness to one's own faults, self-love ultimately generates self-flattery, according to Plutarch's discussion.

   • 2016, Boyd Bailey, Two Minutes in the Bible Through Psalms‎:

     Self-flattery is foolish.

See also

• narcissism