Another word for aggrandizement

The act of increasing or rising

• upturn

  1. To turn up or over:
  2. To upset; overturn.
  3. To direct upward:

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  1. To turn up or over:
  2. To upset; overturn.
  3. To direct upward:

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• upswing

  1. An upward swing or trend.
  2. An increase, as in movement or business activity.

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  1. An upward swing or trend.
  2. An increase, as in movement or business activity.

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• upsurge

  1. To surge up.
  2. A rapid or abrupt rise:

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  1. To surge up.
  2. A rapid or abrupt rise:

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• swell

  1. To increase in size or volume as a result of internal pressure; expand.
  2. To increase in force, size, number, or degree:
  3. To grow in loudness or intensity:

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  1. To increase in size or volume as a result of internal pressure; expand.
  2. To increase in force, size, number, or degree:
  3. To grow in loudness or intensity:

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• rise

  1. To assume a standing position after lying, sitting, or kneeling.
  2. To get out of bed:
  3. To move from a lower to a higher position; ascend:

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  1. To assume a standing position after lying, sitting, or kneeling.
  2. To get out of bed:
  3. To move from a lower to a higher position; ascend:

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• raise

  1. To move to a higher position; elevate:
  2. To set in an upright or erect position:
  3. To erect or build:

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  1. To move to a higher position; elevate:
  2. To set in an upright or erect position:
  3. To erect or build:

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• proliferation

  1. (uncountable) The process by which an organism produces others of its kind; breeding, propagation, procreation, reproduction.
  2. (countable) The act of increasing or rising; augmentation, amplification, enlargement, escalation, aggrandizement.
  3. (countable) The result of building up; buildup, accretion.

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  1. (uncountable) The process by which an organism produces others of its kind; breeding, propagation, procreation, reproduction.
  2. (countable) The act of increasing or rising; augmentation, amplification, enlargement, escalation, aggrandizement.
  3. (countable) The result of building up; buildup, accretion.

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• multiplication

  1. The act or process of multiplying or the condition of being multiplied.
  2. Propagation of plants and animals; procreation.
  3. The operation that, for positive integers, consists of adding a number (the multiplicand) to itself a certain number of times. The operation is extended to other numbers according to the multiplicative properties of positive integers and other algebraic properties.

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  1. The act or process of multiplying or the condition of being multiplied.
  2. Propagation of plants and animals; procreation.
  3. The operation that, for positive integers, consists of adding a number (the multiplicand) to itself a certain number of times. The operation is extended to other numbers according to the multiplicative properties of positive integers and other algebraic properties.

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• jump

  1. To propel oneself upward or over a distance in single quick motion or series of such motions.
  2. To move suddenly and in one motion:
  3. To move involuntarily, as in surprise:

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  1. To propel oneself upward or over a distance in single quick motion or series of such motions.
  2. To move suddenly and in one motion:
  3. To move involuntarily, as in surprise:

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• increase

  1. To become greater or larger.
  2. To multiply; reproduce.
  3. To make greater or larger.

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  1. To become greater or larger.
  2. To multiply; reproduce.
  3. To make greater or larger.

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• hike

  1. To go on an extended walk for pleasure or exercise.
  2. To rise, especially to rise upward out of place:
  3. To increase or raise in amount, especially abruptly:

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  1. To go on an extended walk for pleasure or exercise.
  2. To rise, especially to rise upward out of place:
  3. To increase or raise in amount, especially abruptly:

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• growth

  1. The process of growing.
  2. Full development; maturity.
  3. Development from a lower or simpler to a higher or more complex form; evolution.

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  1. The process of growing.
  2. Full development; maturity.
  3. Development from a lower or simpler to a higher or more complex form; evolution.

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• escalation

  1. an increase or rise, especially one to counteract a perceived discrepancy
  2. a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict

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  1. an increase or rise, especially one to counteract a perceived discrepancy
  2. a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict

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• enlargement

  1. An act of enlarging or the state of being enlarged.
  2. Something that enlarges; an addition.
  3. Something that has been enlarged, especially a photographic reproduction or a copy larger than the original print or negative.

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  1. An act of enlarging or the state of being enlarged.
  2. Something that enlarges; an addition.
  3. Something that has been enlarged, especially a photographic reproduction or a copy larger than the original print or negative.

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• buildup

  1. The act or process of amassing or increasing:
  2. The result of building up:
  3. Widely favorable publicity, especially by a systematic campaign:

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  1. The act or process of amassing or increasing:
  2. The result of building up:
  3. Widely favorable publicity, especially by a systematic campaign:

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• boost

  1. To raise or lift by pushing up from below.
  2. To increase; raise:
  3. To assist in further development or progress:

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  1. To raise or lift by pushing up from below.
  2. To increase; raise:
  3. To assist in further development or progress:

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• augmentation

  1. The act or process of augmenting.
  2. The condition of being augmented.
  3. Something that augments.

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  1. The act or process of augmenting.
  2. The condition of being augmented.
  3. Something that augments.

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• augment

  1. To make (something already developed or well under way) greater, as in size, extent, or quantity:
  2. To add an augment to.
  3. To become augmented.

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  1. To make (something already developed or well under way) greater, as in size, extent, or quantity:
  2. To add an augment to.
  3. To become augmented.

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• amplification

  1. The act or result of amplifying, enlarging, or extending.
  2. An addition to or expansion of a statement or idea.
  3. A statement with such an addition.

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  1. The act or result of amplifying, enlarging, or extending.
  2. An addition to or expansion of a statement or idea.
  3. A statement with such an addition.

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The act of raising to a high position or status or the condition of being so raised

• glorification

  1. The act of glorifying or the state of being glorified.
  2. The worshiping of a deity; extolment or laudation.
  3. The portrayal of something as being ideal; idealization.

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  1. The act of glorifying or the state of being glorified.
  2. The worshiping of a deity; extolment or laudation.
  3. The portrayal of something as being ideal; idealization.

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• exaltation

  1. The act of exalting or the condition of being exalted.
  2. A state or feeling of intense, often excessive exhilaration or well-being.
  3. A flight of larks.

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  1. The act of exalting or the condition of being exalted.
  2. A state or feeling of intense, often excessive exhilaration or well-being.
  3. A flight of larks.

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• ennoblement

  1. (uncountable) The state of being noble
  2. (countable) The act of ennobling or something which ennobles

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  1. (uncountable) The state of being noble
  2. (countable) The act of ennobling or something which ennobles

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• elevation

  1. The act or an instance of elevating:
  2. The condition of being elevated:
  3. The height to which something is elevated above a point of reference, especially mean sea level:

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  1. The act or an instance of elevating:
  2. The condition of being elevated:
  3. The height to which something is elevated above a point of reference, especially mean sea level:

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• apotheosis

  1. Exaltation to divine rank or stature; deification.
  2. Elevation to a preeminent or transcendent position; glorification:
  3. An exalted or glorified example:

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  1. Exaltation to divine rank or stature; deification.
  2. Elevation to a preeminent or transcendent position; glorification:
  3. An exalted or glorified example:

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