braggardism

Definitions

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  • noun boastfulness; tendency to brag

Examples

  • When the victors, magnifying the number of their adversaries with instinctive braggardism, spoke of about five hundred men, everybody protested against such a low estimate.

    The Fortune of the Rougons

  • We frequently hear boys crying out, with all the braggardism of a practiced gambler, "_I'll bet_" so and so.

    Anecdotes for Boys

Note

The word 'braggardism' comes from 'braggart' +‎ '-ism'.