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    SELF-PRAISE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Speaking of yourself in superlativesplay

    Synonyms:

    boast; boasting; jactitation; self-praise

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("self-praise" is a kind of...):

    speech act (the use of language to perform some act)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "self-praise"):

    brag; bragging; crow; crowing; gasconade; line-shooting; vaporing (an instance of boastful talk)

    bluster; braggadocio; rhodomontade; rodomontade (vain and empty boasting)

    vaunt (extravagant self-praise)

    self-assertion (the act of putting forth your own opinions in a boastful or inconsiderate manner that implies you feel superior to others)

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