About The Word Egotism
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Egotism
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What's The Definition Of Egotism?
[n] an exaggerated opinion of your own importance
[n] an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others Synonyms | Synonyms for Egotism: ego | self-importance | self-importance | swelled head Related Terms | Find terms related to Egotism: acquisitiveness | arrogance | autism | boastfulness | boasting | bragging | careerism | conceit | conceitedness | contempt | ego | ego trip | egocentricity | egocentrism | egoism | egoisticalness | egotisticalness | gasconade | gasconism | graspingness | greed | individualism | interest | megalomania | narcissism | personal aims | personal ambition | personal desires | personalism | possessiveness | pride | privatism | remoteness | self-absorption | self-admiration | self-advancement | self-centeredness | self-centerment | self-consequence | self-consideration | self-containment | self-devotion | self-esteem | self-importance | self-indulgence | self-interest | self-interestedness | selfishness | selfism | self-jealousy | self-love | self-occupation | self-pleasing | self-seeking | self-serving | self-solicitude | self-sufficiency | superiority | vainglory | vainness | vaunting See Also | conceit | pride | pridefulness | superiority complex | vanity Egotism In Webster's Dictionary \E"go*tism\ (?; 277), n. [L. ego I + ending -tism for
-ism, prob. influenced by other English words in -tism fr.
the Greek, where t is not part of the ending, as baptism. See
{Egoism}.]
The practice of too frequently using the word I; hence, a
speaking or writing overmuch of one's self; self-exaltation;
self-praise; the act or practice of magnifying one's self or
parading one's own doings. The word is also used in the sense
of egoism.
His excessive egotism, which filled all objects with
himself. --Hazlitt.
Syn: {Egotism}, {Self-conceit}, {Vanity}, {Egoism}.
Self-conceit is an overweening opinion of one's talents,
capacity, attractions, etc.; egotism is the acting out
of self-conceit, or self-importance, in words and
exterior conduct; vanity is inflation of mind arising
from the idea of being thought highly of by others. It
shows itself by its eagerness to catch the notice of
others. Egoism is a state in which the feelings are
concentrated on one's self. Its expression is egotism.
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