self-congratulatory
adjective
self-con·grat·u·la·to·ry
ˌself-kən-ˈgra-chə-lə-ˌtȯr-ē 
-ˈgra-jə-
: expressive of self-congratulation
self-congratulatory memoirs
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The collection documents both sides of the slavery debate, pro and con—a useful correction to the self-congratulatory view of British history that celebrates abolition and turns a blind eye to everyone who defended slavery.
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Literary Hub, 29 July 2025
There’s a sameness there that the series’s compressed adaptation of its source material only exacerbates, and that makes Dream’s one-note development feel thin and self-congratulatory.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 July 2025
Anne Meara was the talk of the town in the role of a bag lady who spurned the self-congratulatory charity of guilty swells.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2025
Further, self-congratulatory crowing aside, the truth is that most low-income seniors already do not pay taxes on their Social Security benefits.
—Amber Gray-Fenner, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
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Literary Hub, 29 July 2025
There’s a sameness there that the series’s compressed adaptation of its source material only exacerbates, and that makes Dream’s one-note development feel thin and self-congratulatory.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 July 2025
Anne Meara was the talk of the town in the role of a bag lady who spurned the self-congratulatory charity of guilty swells.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2025
Further, self-congratulatory crowing aside, the truth is that most low-income seniors already do not pay taxes on their Social Security benefits.
—Amber Gray-Fenner, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
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“Self-congratulatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-congratulatory. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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