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Thesaurus: aggrandizement
The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement; as, the emperor seeks only the aggrandizement of his own family.
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- n. The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement; as, the emperor seeks only the aggrandizement of his own family.
- n. the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something
- The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement; as, the emperor seeks only the aggrandizement of his own family. Syn. -- Augmentation; exaltation; enlargement; advancement; promotion; preferment.
- The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized orexalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement;as, the emperor seeks only the aggrandizement of his own family.
- n:100 n. the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something