egotism

C2 Topic:Abstract Ideas

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 conceitegocentrismegoism narcissism pride vanity

Word family

Derived forms unegotismwegotism

Related forms alter-egotismegotist egotistic egotistical solipsism

Etymology

From Latin ego (“I”) + -t- (perhaps modelled on dogmatism, despotism, idiotism) + -ism.

Topics

Abstract Ideas Word Formation & Derivatives

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