[U] (usually disapproving) a way of behaving that shows that you think you have done sth very well and are pleased with yourself
self-congratulatory adjective:
The winners gave themselves a self-congratulatory round of applause.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is self-congratulation a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, self-congratulation is tagged as noun.
Does self-congratulation appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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