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• aggrandizement — [[t]əgræ̱ndɪzmənt[/t]] N UNCOUNT: usu with supp (disapproval) If someone does something for aggrandizement, they do it in order to get power, wealth, and importance for themselves. [FORMAL] → See also self aggrandizement It would be the first… …   English dictionary

• aggrandizement — also isement BrE noun (U) a word meaning an increase in power, size, or importance, used especially when you disapprove of this increase: a war fought for national aggrandizement | He did it for his own personal aggrandizement …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• aggrandizement — noun the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something the aggrandizement of the king his elevation to cardinal • Syn: ↑aggrandisement, ↑elevation • Derivationally related forms: ↑elevate (for: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• aggrandizement — ag|gran|dize|ment also aggrandisement BrE [əˈgrændızmənt] n [U] [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: agrandissement, from agrandir, from grandir to increase ] when a person or country tries to increase their power or importance used to show… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• self-aggrandizement — [[t]se̱lf əgræ̱ndɪzmənt[/t]] N UNCOUNT (disapproval) (in BRIT, also use self aggrandisement) If you say that someone is guilty of self aggrandizement, you mean that they do certain things in order to make themselves more powerful, wealthy, or… …   English dictionary

• Millard Fillmore: A Golden Rule for Foreign Affairs — ▪ Primary Source              Because a republican form of government had been coupled in the United States with unprecedented economic, social, and scientific advances, many Americans were certain that similar results would obtain wherever there …   Universalium

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• aggrandisement — noun the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something the aggrandizement of the king his elevation to cardinal • Syn: ↑aggrandizement, ↑elevation • Derivationally related forms: ↑elevate (for: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• History of the English fiscal system — The history of the English fiscal system affords the best known example of continuous financial development in terms of both institutions and methods. Although periods of great upheaval occurred from the time of the Norman Conquest to the… …   Wikipedia

• Henry III — 1. 1017 56, king of Germany 1039 56 and emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1046 56 (son of Conrad II). 2. 1207 72, king of England 1216 72 (son of John). 3. 1551 89, king of France 1574 89 (son of Henry II of France). * * * I born Oct. 1, 1207,… …   Universalium

• Theodore Roosevelt: Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine — ▪ Primary Source              In 1902 Germany, Italy, and England blockaded the coast of Venezuela in an effort to collect debts that it had refused to pay. President Roosevelt, concerned about the presence of Europeans in the vicinity of the… …   Universalium