aggrandisement

noun

1. an act or instance of aggrandizing, or increasing in size, or intensity: aggrandizement of mercantile trade in the early colonies.
2. the act of making something appear greater than is actually warranted by the facts: Some saw it as ego aggrandizement.
3. expansion of power, wealth, rank, or honor: The department was used for the aggrandizement of its leaders.

n.

chiefly British English spelling of aggrandizement. See -ize.

n.

1650s, from French agrandissement, noun of action from agrandir (see aggrandize).