self-advertisement
noun
self-ad·ver·tise·ment
ˌself-ˌad-vər-ˈtīz-mənt 
-əd-ˈvər-təz-mənt,
-tə-smənt
plural self-advertisements
: the act of advertising and promoting oneself : self-promotion
was only interested in self-advertisement
… nearly as frank in his confessions as he was exuberant in his self-advertisements …—
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By contrast, the new project—bankrolled by Big Tech firms and crypto moguls—is one of excess and self-advertisement.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025
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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025
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“Self-advertisement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-advertisement. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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