egotism
IPA: ˈigʌtɪzʌm
noun
- A tendency to talk excessively about oneself.
- A belief that one is superior to or more important than others.
- (countable) The result or product of being egoistic.
- (nonstandard, by confusion of the similar words) Egoism (belief that behavior should be directed towards one's self-interest).
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Examples of "egotism" in Sentences
- His egotism turns everybody off.
- Perhaps the key to him is egotism.
- Allegations of egotism are irrelevant.
- It has the egotism and petulance of a spoiled child.
- The extra eye is believed to represent the sage's egotism.
- Don't nominate yourself, because that's egotism to the maximum.
- Thus he reflected that his focus on himself could... be called egotism.
- The main themes are power, influence, marriage, aristocracy and egotism.
- In fact, the word egotism originally referred just to the over use of I.
- They really over diagnose these things, and most of it's based on egotism.
- "But what do you call egotism?" asked Nechludoff -- smiling, as I thought,
- Egotism is the motivation to maintain and enhance favorable views of oneself.
- The current relative anonymity minimizes the temptations for egotism to arise.
- That seems to you a mere selfish bargain with God -- an 'egotism' -- that you hate.
- To place them above the gratification of individual egotism is the task of civilization.
- I was indeed too full of vain egotism, which always discovers the gloom of ignorance, or dims the lustre of popular distinction.
- For she was one of those strange characters who indulge in egotism and exaggeration, till they seem positively to lose the sense of what is fact and what is fiction.
- Joseph Hume _may_ be a patriot, so may O'Connell, so may --; but never mind; I consider that if in most cases, in all countries the word egotism were substituted it would be more correct, and particularly so in America.
- What we need to prevent is the degeneration of personal interest into an egotism which parches, instead of fertilizing, and which compromises the future by the exclusive search after present advantage; for egotism is short-sighted.