Boasting
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"Boast" redirects here. For the English curator, see Robin Boast.
"Bragger" redirects here. For the English cricketer, see June Bragger.
"Ostentatious" redirects here. For the Jewish Australian comedian, see Austen Tayshus.
"Swaggering" redirects here. For the ostentatious style of walking, see Swaggering (gait).
Boasting is the act of making an ostentatious speech.[1] It is considered a vice by such major religious groups as Christianity,[2] Islam,[3] Hinduism,[4] and Buddhism.[5] Boasting has also been studied by such evolutionary psychologists as Robert Wright[6], and can involve magnifying an accomplishment out of proportion to its importance.[7]
See also
- Alpha male
- Arrogance
- Beot
- Dominance (ethology)
- Hubris
- Miles Gloriosus, a boasting stock character from ancient Roman comedy
- Narcissism
- One-upmanship
- Puffery
- Schadenfreude
- Self-esteem
- Self-promotion
References
- ^ Noah Webster (1844). An American Dictionary of the English Language: Exhibiting the Origin, Orthography, Pronunciation, and Definition of Words. Harper & Brothers. p. 95. http://books.google.ca/books?id=ff4YAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP7#v=onepage&q=&f=false.
- ^ William C. McDonald; William Plail (1997). Fifteenth Century Studies. Camden House Publishing. p. 142. ISBN 1571131353. http://books.google.ca/books?id=I0fTXOjz0rcC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=&f=false.
- ^ Jan Knappert (1985). Islamic Legends: Histories of the Heroes, Saints, and Prophets of Islam. Brill Archive. p. 160. ISBN 9004074872. http://books.google.ca/books?id=FuIUAAAAIAAJ&lpg=PP1&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=&f=false.
- ^ What Is Hinduism?: Modern Adventures Into a Profound Global Faith. Himalayan Academy Publications. 2007. p. 281. ISBN 1934145009. http://books.google.ca/books?id=9XC9bwMMPcwC&lpg=PA144&pg=PA144#v=onepage&q=&f=false.
- ^ Kenneth Kuan Shêng Chʻên (1968). Buddhism: The Light of Asia. Barron's Educational Series. p. 97. ISBN 0812002725. http://books.google.ca/books?id=GiqLazCQkIAC&lpg=PP1&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=&f=false.
- ^ Robert Wright (1994). The Moral Animal: Evolutionary Psychology and Everyday Life. Random House of Canada. p. 266. ISBN 0679407731. http://books.google.ca/books?id=6HdqyZGm1swC&lpg=PP1&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=&f=false.
- ^ Brown, Nina W., Coping With Infuriating, Mean, Critical People - The Destructive Narcissistic Pattern 2006
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