Antonyms for aggrandizement

Grammar : Noun

Spell : uh-gran-diz-muh nt

Phonetic Transcription : əˈgræn dɪz mənt

Definition of aggrandizement

Origin : 1650s, from French agrandissement, noun of action from agrandir (see aggrandize).

noun exaltation
noun increase

Example sentences :

The people were enslaved for the aggrandizement and power of a foreign church and state.
Extract from : « Aztec Land » by Maturin M. Ballou

The old Kittredge had sought only his own aggrandizement, and his son was his son.
Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes

Rome had been too occupied with politics and aggrandizement ever to become cultured.
Extract from : « Old-Time Makers of Medicine » by James J. Walsh

But what if the path of aggrandizement be also the path of safety?
Extract from : « Current History, A Monthly Magazine » by New York Times

For not so much to his own strength as to your laziness does he owe his present aggrandizement.
Extract from : « Museum of Antiquity » by L. W. Yaggy

What has that to do with the matter, as long as it adds to the aggrandizement of our house and name?
Extract from : « The Champdoce Mystery » by Emile Gaboriau

And in this comedy of aggrandizement the puppets were willing—as puppets must needs be.
Extract from : « Under the Rose » by Frederic Stewart Isham

Sir Reginald's every thought was for his daughter—for her aggrandizement.
Extract from : « Rookwood » by William Harrison Ainsworth

Goya made his appearance, and with him Spanish art underwent a renewal and an aggrandizement.
Extract from : « Goya » by Fr. Crastre

The wars in which this system was evolved were wars for prestige and aggrandizement.
Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 5 » by Various

Synonyms for aggrandizement

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