自じ慰い史し観かん

noun

self-congratulatory historical view; uncritical glorification of one's own history

A jocular, often sarcastic term coined as a counterpart to 自虐史観 (self-tormenting historical view). It criticizes an overly positive, uncritical, or self-flattering interpretation of history, especially in political or nationalist discourse.

See also: 自虐史観

• 彼かれの主しゅ張ちょうは自じ慰い史し観かんに過すぎないと批ひ判はんされた。

  His argument was criticized as nothing more than a self-congratulatory view of history.

• 自じ慰い史し観かんに浸ひたるのではなく、客きゃっ観かん的てきな歴れき史し認にん識しきが必ひつ要ようだ。

  Instead of indulging in a self-flattering historical view, we need an objective understanding of history.