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Definition of aggrandizement noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

aggrandizement

noun

NAmE//əˈɡrændəzmənt//

, NAmE//əˈɡrændaɪzmənt//

[uncountable] (formal) (disapproving)

an increase in the power or importance of a person or country Her sole aim is personal aggrandizement. He was a strong and greedy monarch who pursued a course of military aggrandizement from the beginning of his reign.

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