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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something;
- Example: "the aggrandizement of the king"
- Example: "his elevation to cardinal"
[syn: aggrandizement, aggrandisement, elevation]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

aggrandisement
    n 1: 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,
         aggrandisement, elevation]