self-glorification

As Tatum, he's a mean-spirited multiple loser pursuing self-glorification at any expense.

John Farr: Kirk Douglas Turns 95! John Farr 2011

One of the things that people sense is that you are not doing this for self-glorification, you are doing it for the sake of others.

Tutu: To Be a Leader, First Gain Trust Javier Espinoza 2011

That's exactly the point ..... it mocks NASA's hyper-romantic self-glorification.

Let's Name Node 3 "Colbert" - NASA Watch 2009

It satirically describes how, since the collective and equality are so important in Scandinavian societies, there are rules to inhibit self-glorification.

Reason must prevail in Norway's agony | Observer editorial 2011

Perry is a career politician seeking vanity and self-glorification.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry pulled out of conservative straw poll 2009

Where are Bukowski's trademark soliloquies of goatish self-glorification?

Visiting a Land Beyond Fodor's Reach 2011

So here we/they are worshiping at - again in all inner rectitude - stones set down by one of their cruelest arch-nemeses for his own self-glorification and vanity and also as a sop (which many since have swallowed) to keep the people otherwise occupied, rather than in revolt.

Robert Eisenman: The Greatest "Heritage Site" of All Robert Eisenman 2010

The marketing obsession with instant gratification and self-glorification has led to a culture of what I call permanent adolescence.

Chris Martenson, Ph.D.: Straight Talk with Charles Hugh Smith: Why The Status Quo Is Unsustainable Ph.D. Chris Martenson 2010

An economy/society dominated by marketing, instant gratification and a desperate and highly manufactured yearning for self-glorification is not a healthy society, and the illness of that society manifests itself in poor mental and physical health.

Chris Martenson, Ph.D.: Straight Talk with Charles Hugh Smith: Why The Status Quo Is Unsustainable Ph.D. Chris Martenson 2010

That is, are musicians more likely to be romantically portrayed than, say, painters; or does art about art generally partake of this self-glorification, whether it's about music, painting, dance?

Du holde Kunst 2010