There was no need for an exaggerated sense of self-importance.
They also tend to have an exaggerated sense of masculinity.
You know your brother - he has an exaggerated sense of duty.
We identify with the scene and the characters in spite of its exaggerated sense.
No wonder kings get an exaggerated sense of their own importance.
It's quite possible that many people have an exaggerated sense of how long they work.
Hollywood may also have an exaggerated sense of the riches to be made from video games.
You have many fantasies, an exaggerated sense of your environment.
Often with an exaggerated sense of their own importance, a conviction that they were the elite.
For another, he apparently arrived with an exaggerated sense of how important his testimony could be.