self-glory

noun

self-glo·​ry ˌself-ˈglȯr-ē 

: personal vanity : pride

Synonyms

• amour propre
• bighead
• complacence
• complacency
• conceit
• conceitedness
• ego
• egotism
• pomposity
• pompousness
• pride
• pridefulness
• self-admiration
• self-assumption
• self-conceit
• self-congratulation
• self-esteem
• self-importance
• self-love
• self-opinion
• self-satisfaction
• smugness
• swelled head
• swellheadedness
• vaingloriousness
• vainglory
• vainness
• vanity

Examples of self-glory in a Sentence

the movie star's memoirs come across as being one unending exercise in self-glory

Word History

First Known Use

1549, in the meaning defined above