egotism
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6.1
- noun
- /ˈiːɡəˌtɪzəm/
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egotismo
- Her constant need for attention revealed her egotism as she often interrupted others to talk about herself.
- egotism and greed
- egotism and self
- vast egotism
Ego is good, egotism is bad.
- Ego is good, egotism is bad.
- In the Buddha story, he's tempted by lust and by greed and by aggression and egotism.
- For all his arrogance and all his egotism, Caesar did know and care about the Roman people.
- Instead, there's a false self, a false Cliff and egotism, a pride and arrogance where it's all about me.
- Most of it is it's it's like without authentic self love and appreciation, not egotism, but authentic self love and appreciation.
Examples
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There is a good measure of egotism in this excitement.
Academic text (1997) -
Ego is good, egotism is bad.
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So egotism in itself is not a bad thing.
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You know how Bill's egotism drives him on and on.
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For all his arrogance and all his egotism, Caesar did know and care about the Roman people.
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I have never seen such a pathetic, vainglorious display of egotism in my life.
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Self centeredness, egotism, these are all words that are naturally applied to narcissism.
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As before, the children are presented as innocent victims of parental egotism, self-deception, and a repressive family environment.
Academic text (1990) -
Even the disasters that strike those we are closest to only reach us filtered through our own colossal egotism.
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I couldn't believe my good luck even as, with childish egotism, I never paused to doubt it.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
342
4.5
Feeling that you are more important than other people
133
4.8
Being too proud and acting as if you are better than others
56
5.6
Extreme pride in how you look or what you can do
50
3.0
Caring only about yourself and not about other people
34
8.1
Being too interested in yourself and your looks or skills
16
7.9
An attitude that shows someone feels more important than others
12
6.3
An attitude of thinking you are better than others because of wealth or class
10
8.0
Too much pride in yourself and your abilities
8
6.2
Thinking you are more important than other people
4
9.9
Trying to make yourself seem more important or powerful than you are
2
7.2
Feeling that you are better than other people because you think highly of yourself
2
7.2
A habit of caring mainly about your own needs and not others
2
7.7
Acting like you are more important or more educated than you really are
2
7.4
Thinking you are more important or better than other people
1
9.1
A very strong focus on yourself and your needs
1
7.9
Thinking that you are more important or powerful than others
1
8.8
Believing your own needs and views are more important than other people's
1
8.2
A habit of putting your own needs before other people's
1
7.4
A way of behaving like you are better than other people because of money or class
1
8.1
A way of behaving that shows you think you are better than other people
Too much love of yourself that makes you ignore other people
Putting your own needs before the needs of other people
Thinking you are much better or more important than other people
Being too proud of your appearance or abilities
Treating people as if they are less smart or important
Antonyms
How Self-Obsessed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Egotism comes from the small word ego meaning 'I' and the ending -ism meaning 'a practice or belief'. So, egotism is the habit of putting 'I' first and thinking or talking about yourself too much.