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self-enhancement

self-enhancement

n. any strategic behavior designed to increase either self-esteem or the esteem of others. Self-enhancement can take the form of pursuing success or merely distorting events to make them seem to reflect better on the self. Compare self-protection. See also compensatory self-enhancement.

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