Antonyms for self-effacement

Grammar : Noun

Spell : self-i-feys-muh nt, self-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɛlf ɪˈfeɪs mənt, ˌsɛlf-

Definition of self-effacement

noun modesty

Example sentences :

He wondered, with a fresh burst of self-effacement, what people would say about it.
Extract from : « Rope » by Holworthy Hall

And, with her faculty for self-effacement, he knew she would not be unhappy.
Extract from : « The Patrician » by John Galsworthy

She had learnt the art of self-effacement to the point of showing no trace of being there at all.
Extract from : « The Limit » by Ada Leverson

Her attitude toward him was perpetually one of self-effacement.
Extract from : « The Scarecrow and Other Stories » by G. Ranger Wormser

Did it dimly occur to him that the principle of this reserve was self-control and not self-effacement?
Extract from : « Madame de Mauves » by Henry James

Altogether, his demands upon her were reasonable to the point of self-effacement.
Extract from : « The Happy End » by Joseph Hergesheimer

Perhaps he had carried his principle of self-effacement too far.
Extract from : « Kentucky in American Letters, v. 2 of 2 » by John Wilson Townsend

Seclusion and self-effacement have hardly been synonymous with my euphonious name!
Extract from : « Geraldine Farrar » by Geraldine Farrar

Yet we must admit that this self-effacement had become a hindrance to their work.
Extract from : « The Priestly Vocation » by Bishop Bernard Ward

"Just happened to think of it," said Mr. Cassidy, with a coy gesture of self-effacement.
Extract from : « Indiscretions of Archie » by P. G. Wodehouse

Synonyms for self-effacement

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