say it: SEL-fa-gruhn-dahyz-muhnt
self-aggrandizement is a noun meaning "an act undertaken to increase your own power and influence or to draw attention to your own importance". It is pronounced /ˈsɛlˈfæɡɹənˌdaɪzmənt/ — SEL-fa-gruhn-dahyz-muhnt. It carries one recorded sense.
an act undertaken to increase your own power and influence or to draw attention to your own importance
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for self-aggrandizement come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.