braggardism
Definitions
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- noun boastfulness; tendency to brag
Examples
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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.
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We frequently hear boys crying out, with all the braggardism of a practiced gambler, "_I'll bet_" so and so.
Note
The word 'braggardism' comes from 'braggart' + '-ism'.