egotism

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 (belief that behavior should be directed towards one's self-interest).

Synonyms

• pride, vanity, conceit, narcissism
• egocentrism, egoism

Related terms

• egotist
• egotistic
• egotistical

Translations

preoccupation with oneself

Bengali: নফসানিয়াত (bn) (nôfsaniẏat) Bulgarian: самоизтъкване (bg) n (samoiztǎkvane) Czech: sobectví n Dutch: egotisme (nl), egocentrisme (nl) Greek: εγωτισμός (el) (egotismós) Irish: féinchúis f, féinspéis f Japanese: 自惚, 己惚 (うぬぼれ, unubore) Malayalam: അഹംഭാവം (ml) (ahambhāvaṃ) Norwegian: egoist Romanian: egoism (ro) n Sanskrit: अहंकार (sa) m (ahaṃkāra)

belief that one is superior

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

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

German: (please verify) Egotismus (de)

See also

• solipsism

Further reading

• egotism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• egotism in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911

---

Romanian

Etymology

From French égotisme.

Noun

egotism n (uncountable)

1. egotism

Declension

declension of egotism (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) egotism	egotismul
genitive/dative	(unui) egotism	egotismului
vocative	egotismule