self-aggrandizement

The book, surprisingly, is not the self-aggrandizing vanity trip of a preening pop star one would expect.

One blogger called it a “self-aggrandizing political stunt.”

“The vast majority are motivated by noble motives, rather than financial or self-aggrandizing,” Sweeney said.

This self-aggrandizing drive also ensured her early success, when she rose from a script-reader at MGM to being a playwright.