Boasting

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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