self-flattery en · NOUN
Etymology
From self- + flattery.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The holding of an unjustifiably high opinion of oneself or one's actions.
Causing blindness to one's own faults, self-love ultimately generates self-flattery, according to Plutarch's discussion.
2010, Albrecht Classen, Friendship in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age:When self-flattery is turned up high it gets your adrenaline pumping, it rivets your attention.
2007, Willis Goth Regier, In Praise of Flattery:Self-flattery is foolish.
2016, Boyd Bailey, Two Minutes in the Bible Through Psalms: