self-advertisement

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English

Etymology

From self- +‎ advertisement.

Noun

self-advertisement (countable and uncountable, plural self-advertisements)

  1. self-promotion
    • 1997 February 11, “In America, Boasting Has Proud History”, in The New York Times:
      When these lesser things count more than the greater, bragging and self-advertisement come to the fore because they pay, as they have throughout our history.
    • 2013 October 20, Adam Begley, “Norman Mailer: A Life Lived Loud”, in The Daily Beast:
      A great believer in karma, and nearly as frank in his confessions as he was exuberant in his self-advertisements, Norman Mailer was surely convinced that he would get the biography he deserved.