Translations for „aggrandizement“ in the English » German Dictionary

ag·gran·dize·ment [əˈgrændɪzmənt] N no pl esp pej

aggrandizement

Vergrößerung f

aggrandizement

Vermehrung f

aggrandizement of power

Ausdehnung f

personal [or self-] aggrandizement

Erhöhung f des persönlichen Ansehens

self-ag·ˈgran·dize·ment N no pl esp pej

self-aggrandizement

Selbstverherrlichung f

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

territorial aggrandizement

Gebietserweiterung f

personal [or self-] aggrandizement

Erhöhung f des persönlichen Ansehens

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

In an editorial, the owners explained that the paper's original name had been chosen when the engrossing object was the accumulating of wealth and consequent aggrandizement of the country.

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The term is also used derisively by critics as an insinuation of aggrandizement by such ministers.

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He was cruel and treacherous, and had no aim beyond his own aggrandizement.

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Be ambitious not for money or for selfish aggrandizement, not for that evanescent thing which men call fame.

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He endeavours to show that all social laws are the crystallized results of selfish aggrandizement and protective alliances among the weak.

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