
boasting
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Boasting or bragging is speaking with excessive pride and self-satisfaction about one's achievements, possessions, or abilities.
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Boasting or bragging is speaking with excessive pride and self-satisfaction about one's achievements, possessions, or abilities.
Boasting tends to be an attempt to prove one's superiority by recounting accomplishments so that others will feel admiration or envy. It is often done by those who are socially insecure and find other people's perception of them important.
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