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Noun Concept
Categories: Morality, Self
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boast  boasting  self-praise  jactitation  Avaunt
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Speaking of yourself in superlatives WordNet 3.0
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Speaking of yourself in superlatives WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Boasting or bragging is speaking with excessive pride and self-satisfaction about one's achievements, possessions, or abilities. Wikipedia
Speaking with excessive pride. Wikipedia Disambiguation
To speak with excessive pride and satisfaction with oneself Wikidata
The praise of oneself; self-applause. Wiktionary
Praise of oneself. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
speech act
HAS KIND
braggadocio
brag
self-assertion
vaunt
DERIVATION
boast
OPPOSITE OF
humility
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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boast, boasting, self-praise, jactitation
Wikipedia
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boasting
Wikidata
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boasting
Wiktionary
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self-praise
Wikipedia Redirections
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Avaunt, boast, Boasted, Boaster, Boastful, Boastful speech, boasts, Braggadocianism, braggart, bragging rights, Self-aggrandise, Self-aggrandising, Self-aggrandize, self-aggrandizing, self-praise, Self aggrandise, Self aggrandising, Self aggrandize, Self aggrandizing, Show Off, Toot your own horn, Unostentatious, Vaunting

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