Boasting

Boasting
"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]

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References

  1. ^ 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. 
  2. ^ 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. 
  3. ^ 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. 
  4. ^ 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. 
  5. ^ 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. 
  6. ^ 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. 
  7. ^ Brown, Nina W., Coping With Infuriating, Mean, Critical People - The Destructive Narcissistic Pattern 2006
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  • Boasting — Boast ing, n. The act of glorying or vaunting; vainglorious speaking; ostentatious display. [1913 Webster] When boasting ends, then dignity begins. Young. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • boasting — index bombast, orgulous, overstatement, pretentious (pompous), rodomontade Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • Boasting — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Boasting >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 boasting boasting &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 boast boast vaunt crake| Sgm: N 1 pretense pretense pretensions Sgm: N 1 puff puff puffery …   English dictionary for students

  • Boasting — Boast Boast, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Boasted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Boasting}.] [OE. bosten, boosten, v., bost, boost, n., noise, boasting; cf. G. bausen, bauschen, to swell, pusten, Dan. puste, Sw. pusta, to blow, Sw. p[ o]sa to swell; or W. bostio to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • boasting — noun The making of boasts. It get boring listening to his boasting about his daughter …   Wiktionary

  • boasting — A long tradition of exegesis emphasized the difference between Judaism and the message of Paul: that whereas a Pharisee boasted of his success if he scrupulously obeyed every precept of the Law, and thus earned the salvation to which Jewishness… …   Dictionary of the Bible

  • boasting — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Bragging speech Nouns 1. boasting, boast, vaunt[ing], puff, fanfaronade, bluster, gasconade, braggadocio, bravado, swagger, exultation, jactation; gloating, exultation; buncombe (See absurdity); bounce… …   English dictionary for students

  • boasting — n. act of speaking of oneself in superlatives; bravado; self praise; act of glorying; conceited and boastful speaking; pretentious display bəʊst n. act of bragging, something bragged about v. brag, exaggerate about oneself …   English contemporary dictionary

  • boasting —    Dressing or shaping the surface of a stone block with a broad chisel …   Glossary of Art Terms

  • boasting — n. Vaunt, brag. See boast …   New dictionary of synonyms

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