'Egotism' definitions:
Definition of 'egotism'
(from WordNet)
noun
An exaggerated opinion of your own importance [syn: egotism, self-importance, swelled head]
noun
An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others [syn: ego, egotism, self-importance]
Definition of 'Egotism'
From: GCIDE
- Egotism \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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'egotism'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- self-jealousy,
- self-love,
- self-occupation,
- self-pleasing,
- self-seeking,
- self-serving,
- self-solicitude,
- self-sufficiency,
- selfishness,
- selfism,
- superiority,
- vainglory,
- vainness,
- vaunting