egotism

English

Etymology

From Latin ego (“I”) + -t- + -ism

Noun

egotism (usually uncountable, plural egotisms)

1. A tendency to talk excessively about oneself.
2. A belief that one is superior to or more important than others.
3. (countable) The result or product of being egoistic.
4. (nonstandard, by confusion of the similar words) Egoism.

Synonyms

• pride, vanity, conceit
• egocentrism, egoism

Related terms

• egotist
• egotistic
• egotistical

Translations

preoccupation with oneself

• Bulgarian: самоизтъкване (bg) n (samoiztǎkvane)
• Czech: sobectví n
• Dutch: egoïsme (nl)
• Greek: εγωτισμός (el) (egotismós)
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• Japanese: 自惚, 己惚 (うぬぼれ, unubore)
• Norwegian: egoist
• Romanian: egoism (ro) n
• Sanskrit: अहंकार (sa) m (ahaṃkāra)

belief that one is superior

• Bulgarian: самомнение, егоцентричност n (samomnenie, egocentričnost)
• Czech: ješitnost (cs) f
• Dutch: hooghartigheid
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• Greek: εγωτισμός (el) (egotismós)
• Polish: egotyzm (pl) m

• German: ^{(please verify)} Egotismus (de)
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See also

• solipsism

Further reading

• “egotism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “egotism”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.