speech act - the use of language to perform some act

crowing, gasconade, line-shooting, vaporing, brag, bragging, crow - an instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade"

braggadocio, rhodomontade, rodomontade, bluster - vain and empty boasting

vaunt - extravagant self-praise

self-assertion - the act of putting forth your own opinions in a boastful or inconsiderate manner that implies you feel superior to others

lie, prevarication - a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth

jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"

restlessness, uneasiness - inability to rest or relax or be still

pathology - the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases