Aggrandisement
an act or instance of , or increasing in size, or intensity:
aggrandizement of mercantile trade in the early colonies.
the act of making something appear greater than is actually warranted by the facts:
some saw it as ego aggrandizement.
expansion of power, wealth, rank, or honor:
the department was used for the aggrandizement of its leaders.
n.
chiefly british english spelling of aggrandizement. see -ize.
n.
1650s, from french agrandiss-m-nt, noun of action from agrandir (see aggrandize).
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