egotism C2 Topic:Mind & Cognition US /ˈiːgəˌtɪzəm/ See IPA manual Freq #60653 Meanings 1 noun an exaggerated opinion of your own importance 2 noun an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others 3 noun A tendency to talk excessively about oneself. 4 noun A belief that one is superior to or more important than others. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · an exaggerated opinion of... self-importanceswelled head 2 noun · an inflated feeling of... egoself-importance More conceitegocentrismegoismnarcissismpridevanity Word family Derived forms unegotismwegotism Related forms alter-egotismegotistegotisticegotisticalsolipsism Etymology From Latin ego (“I”) + -t- (perhaps modelled on dogmatism, despotism, idiotism) + -ism. Topics Mind & Cognition External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # egotism **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈiːgəˌtɪzəm/ **Frequency rank:** 60653 ## Meanings 1. an exaggerated opinion of your own importance 2. an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others 3. A tendency to talk excessively about oneself. 4. A belief that one is superior to or more important than others. ## Synonyms - conceit - egocentrism - egoism - narcissism - pride - vanity ## Derived Forms - unegotism - wegotism ## Related Forms - alter-egotism - egotist - egotistic - egotistical - solipsism ## Etymology From Latin ego (“I”) + -t- (perhaps modelled on dogmatism, despotism, idiotism) + -ism. ## Topics - Mind & Cognition markdown