self-promotion

English

Etymology

From self- +‎ promotion.

Noun

self-promotion (countable and uncountable, plural self-promotions)

1. The purposeful act of presenting oneself to others in a favorable way, often viewed by others negatively as forceful, exaggerated, or self-indulgent.
   • 1997, Eric J Evans, Thatcher and Thatcherism:

     The resources channelled to those institutions which showed themselves most adept at formfilling, self-promotion and presentation were inadequate to sustain the quality they claimed.

Related terms

• self-promote
• self-promotional

Translations

the act of promoting oneself

• Hungarian: önreklámozás (hu)
• Macedonian: самопромоција f (samopromocija)
• Polish: autopromocja f
• Swedish: självpromotion c, självbefordran