self-praise
31Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Thematic Index — absence absence makes the heart grow fonder he who is absent is always in the wrong the best of friends must part blue are the hills that are far away distance lends enchantment to the view out of sight, out of mind …
32Complimentary language and gender — Complimentary language is a speech act that caters to positive face needs. Positive face, according to Brown and Levinson, is “the positive consistent self image or ‘personality’ (crucially including the desire that this self image be appreciated …
33ibn Gabirol — /ib euhn gah bee rddawl/, n. Arabic name of Avicebrón. Also, ibn Gabiral. * * * orig. Solomon ben Yehuda ibn Gabirol Latin Avicebron born с 1022, Málaga, Caliphate of Córdoba died с 1058, Valencia, Kingdom of Valencia Jewish poet and philosopher …
34POETRY — This article is arranged according to the following outline (for modern poetry, see hebrew literature , Modern; see also prosody ): biblical poetry introduction the search for identifiable indicators of biblical poetry the presence of poetry in… …
35vainglory — Synonyms and related words: amour propre, arrogance, autoeroticism, boastfulness, bombast, complacency, consequentiality, ego trip, egoism, egotism, exhibition, flaunting, haughtiness, narcism, narcissism, overproudness, overweening pride, pride …
36the kumara does not speak of its own sweetness — Maori proverb warning against self praise (a kumara is a sweet potato). 2001 He Hinatore Ki Te Ao Maori A Glimpse into Maori World on http://www.justice.govt.nz Self praising is an undesirable trait in traditional Maori society. It is synonymous… …
37Bad faith (existentialism) — For other uses, see Bad faith (disambiguation). Bad faith (from French, mauvaise foi) is a philosophical concept used by existentialist philosopher Jean Paul Sartre to describe the phenomenon where a human being under pressure from societal… …
38egoism — n 1. selfishness, self indulgence, self gratification, self satisfaction, self serving; self consideration, self interest, self aggrandisement, Inf. looking out for number one; personalism, privatism, individualism. 2. egotism, self conceit, self …
39pride — n 1. arrogance, haughtiness, hauteur, hoity toity, Inf. uppitiness, Inf. toploftiness; hubris, overconfidence, cocksureness, presumption, bumptiousness, overbearingness, overweeningness. 2. conceit, vanity, vainglory, vaingloriousness, bo varism …
40conceit — n 1. self esteem, self importance, self approbation, self admiration, self love, self worship, self adulation; pride, vanity, vainglory, vaingloriousness, bovarism, egotism, Inf. ego trip, Inf. big head; self praise, self glorification,… …
