Egotism

Definitions: Egotism

Egotism

Noun

1. An exaggerated opinion of your own importance.

2. An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others.

Date "egotism" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1798. (references)

Etymology: Egotism \E"go*tism\, noun. [Latin expression ego ending -tism for -ism, probably influenced by other English words in -tism from the Greek, where is not part of the ending, as baptism. See Egoism.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Egotism

Synonyms: ego (n), self-importance (n), swelled head (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Misanthropy	Noun: misanthropy, incivism; egotism; (selfishness); moroseness; a; cynicism.
Selfishness	Noun: selfishness; Adjective: self-love, self-indulgence, self-worship, self-interest; egotism, egoism; amour propre; (vanity); nepotism.
Vanity	Airs, affected manner, pretensions, mannerism; egotism; priggism, priggishness; coxcombry, gaudery, vainglory, elation; pride; ostentation; assurance.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Egotism

Specialty definitions using "egotism": Ice ♦ Little Pedlington ♦ Mustache ♦ Swelling. (references)

Etymologies containing "egotism": Egotist ♦ Wegotism. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Egotism" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Romanian (egotism), Swedish (egotism).

Domain	Title
Books	Coleridge and the Self: Romantic Egotism (reference) Egotism in German Philosophy (reference) In Respect to Egotism : Studies in American Romantic Writing (reference) Memoirs of Egotism = Souvenirs D'Egotisme (reference) Oscar Wilde: Art and Egotism (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Harold S. Geneen	The worst disease which can afflict executives in their work is not, as popularly supposed, alcoholism; it's egotism.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe	Mastery passes often for egotism.
Oliver Wendell Holmes	Apology is only egotism wrong side out.
Ralph Waldo Emerson	An empire is an immense egotism.
	Take egotism out, and you would castrate the benefactors.
Sidney J. Harris	Intolerance is the most socially acceptable form of egotism, for it permits us to assume superiority without personal boasting.
Thomas Carlyle	Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries.
William James	Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	But, good God! all this is egotism.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Egotism" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Egotism" is used about 43 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	43	52,181

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Language		Translations for "egotism"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		egotizëm, kult i vetes. (various references)

Arabic		‏غرور (arrogance, bighead, conceit, delusion, ego, egoism, pretension, pride, sufficiency, vanity), ‏أنانية (egoism, self interest, selfhood, selfishness). (various references)

Bulgarian		самомнение (conceit, importance, self esteem, self-conceit, self-importance, vanity), самоизтъкване (reclame, self-assertion), еготизъм. (various references)

Chinese		自负 (Egotistic, Egotistical, Self-conceit, self-conceited, vain). (various references)

Czech		sobectví (egoism, possessiveness, selfhood, selfishness). (various references)

Finnish		itsekkyys (egoism, selfishness). (various references)

French		égotisme. (various references)

German		Selbstgefälligkeit (complacency, egocentricity, gloating, self satisfaction, smugness), Geltungsbedürfnis (craving for recognition). (various references)

Greek		περιαυτολογία, εγωισμόσ (egoism), εγωιστήσ (egoist). (various references)

Hebrew		א�"ב�" עצמית (narcissism), א� יות (egoism), א� וכיות (egoism, self interest, selfishness). (various references)

Hungarian		beképzeltség (conceit, flatulence, flatulency, self-confidence, self-importance, vainglory, vanity), önzés (assertiveness, egoism, egomania, self interest, selfishness, self-love). (various references)

Italian		egotismo. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		身勝手 (egoism, selfishness), 我執 (obstinacy), エコロジー運動 (ecological movement, Edison, ego, egotist, egotistic, Egypt, Esaki diode, escalate, escalation, escalator, escalope, ESCAP, Eskimo, sado-masochism, Save Our Souls, science fiction, SF, shallot, sister, sketch, snail, Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, SOS). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		がしゅう (book of paintings in print, obstinacy), エゴイズ� , みがって (egoism, selfishness). (various references)

Korean		아집. (various references)

Manx		froaish (brag, panache, swagger, swank), corvian (conceit, self-importance, vanity). (various references)

Norwegian		selvopptatthet. (various references)

Pig Latin		egotismay.(various references)

Portuguese		egoísta (base, egoistic, egotistically, self centered, self centred, self-absorbed, selfish, self-seeker, self-seeking, small). (various references)

Romanian		egotism, egocentrism (egocentrism, self-centredness). (various references)

Russian		самомнение (big head, conceit, self-conceit, self-importance, swelled head). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		egotizam. (various references)

Spanish		egotismo. (various references)

Swedish		egotism. (various references)

Thai		ความถือตัวเองว่าสำคัญ. (various references)

Turkish		egotizm, kendine hayranlık (egomania, narcissism, self-love), benlikçilik, övünme (big talk, blow, boast, boasting, bounce, brag, bragging, gas, rodomontade, self praise, vaunt). (various references)

Ukranian		самозакоханість (egomania, narcissism), зарозумілість (arrogance, haughtiness, loftiness, lordliness, outrecuidance, self esteem, self-conceit, self-importance), еготизм. (various references)

Vietnamese		thuyết ta l� trên hết tính tự cao tự đại tính ích kỷ, thuyết ta l� nhất. (various references)

Welsh		myfi%aeth. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "egotism": egotisms. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Egotism" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ekofisk, epotism, negotium, peggottys, Segontium. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "egotism" (pronounced ē"guti'zum)
7	-g u t i' z u m	ergotism.
6	-u t i' z u m	astigmatism, conservatism, corporatism, despotism, diamagnetism, dogmatism, electromagnetism, favoritism, ferromagnetism, helotism, hypnotism, magnetism, nepotism, patriotism, pragmatism, rheumatism, separatism.
5	-t i' z u m	absolutism, autism, baptism, defeatism, elitism, Irredentism, leftism, pietism, statism, vigilantism.
4	-i' z u m	abolitionism, absenteeism, activism, adventurism, agrarianism, alcoholism, altruism, amateurism, anachronism, aneurism, animism, antagonism, aphorism, atavism, atheism, authoritarianism, barbarism, bilingualism, bolshevism, boosterism, botulism, cannibalism, capitalism, catechism, centralism, chauvinism, classicism, collectivism, colonialism, commercialism, communism, consumerism, counterterrorism, creationism, criticism, cronyism, cubism, cynicism, dandyism, deism, determinism, diastrophism, dimorphism, Druidism, dualism, dwarfism, dynamism, egalitarianism, egoism, embolism, emotionalism, empiricism, entrepreneurialism, environmentalism, eroticism, escapism, ethnocentrism, euphemism, evangelism, expansionism, expressionism, extremism, factionalism, fanaticism, fascism, fatalism, federalism, feminism, fetishism, feudalism, formalism, fundamentalism, futurism, geotropism, gnosticism, gradualism, hedonism, heroism, hooliganism, humanism, idealism, illusionism, imperialism, impressionism, incrementalism, individualism, intellectualism, internationalism, interventionism, isolationism, isomorphism, jingoism, journalism, legalism, lesbianism, liberalism, lyricism, mannerism, masochism, materialism, mechanism, mercantilism, mesmerism, metabolism, methodism, microorganism, militarism, minimalism, modernism, monasticism, monetarism, monism, monotheism, moralism, multiculturalism, multilateralism, mutualism, mysticism, narcissism, nationalism, nativism, naturalism, negativism, neutralism, nihilism, obstructionism, opportunism, optimism, organism, ostracism, overoptimism, pacifism, paganism, parallelism, parkinsonism, parochialism, pastoralism, paternalism, perfectionism, pessimism, pharisaism, plagiarism, pluralism, polymorphism, polytheism, populism, positivism, professionalism, protectionism, provincialism, puritanism, racialism, racism, radicalism, realism, recidivism, relativism, republicanism, revisionism, romanticism, sadism, satanism, sectarianism, secularism, sensationalism, sexism, skepticism, socialism, stoicism, supernaturalism, surrealism, symbolism, synergism, territorialism, terrorism, theism, tokenism, totalitarianism, tourism, truism, unionism, vandalism, vegetarianism, voluntarism, volunteerism, voyeurism.
3	-z u m	bosom, careerism, chasm, cytoplasm, enthusiasm, iconoclasm, ism, microcosm, neoplasm, orgasm, phantasm, prism, sarcasm, schism, spasm.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-g-i-m-o-s-t"
	-1 letter: egoism, egoist, gemots, somite, stogie.
	-2 letters: emits, gemot, gismo, items, metis, mites, moist, moste, motes, omits, smite, smote, stime, times, tomes.
	-3 letters: egis, egos, emit, gems, gest, gets, gies, gist, gits, goes, item, megs, migs, mise, miso, mist, mite, mogs, most, mote, mots, omit, sego, semi, site, smit, smog, some, stem, tegs, ties, time, toes, togs, tome, toms.
	-4 letters: ego, ems, gem, get, gie, git, gos, got, ism, its, meg, met, mig, mis, mog, mos, mot, oes, oms, ose, seg, sei, set, sim, sit, som, sot, teg, tie, tis, toe, tog, tom.
	-5 letters: em, es, et, go, is, it, me, mi, mo, oe, om, os, si, so, ti, to.
	Words containing the letters "e-g-i-m-o-s-t"
	+1 letter: egotisms, ergotism, misbegot, mitogens.
	+2 letters: ergotisms, gloomiest, impetigos, isogamete, lightsome, molesting, smoggiest, something.
	+3 letters: autogamies, dogmatizes, ergonomist, gemmations, gemologist, geochemist, geometrics, geometrids, geometries, geometrise, geotropism, guillemots, isogametes, isogametic, moistening, monetising, morganites, smothering, vagotomies.
	+4 letters: besmoothing, cleistogamy, consignment, delightsome, dislodgment, dogmatizers, egocentrism, emigrations, epitomising, ergonomists, ergotamines, etymologies, etymologise, etymologist, geminations, gemmologist, gemologists, geochemists, geometrised, geometrises, geometrizes, geotropisms, goniometers, ligamentous, lightsomely, methodising, metrologies, metrologist, mignonettes, misbegotten, museologist, mystagogies, mythologies, neostigmine, nonmeetings, outscheming, resmoothing, semiologist, smoothening, somerseting, temporising, thigmotaxes.
	+5 letters: amblygonites, arteriograms, centimorgans, cleistogamic, compensating, consignments, demonologist, dislodgement, dislodgments, earthmovings, egocentrisms, embryologist, entomologies, entomologist, enzymologist, epistemology, etymologised, etymologises, etymologists, etymologizes, galactosemia, galactosemic, gastrocnemii, gastronomies, gemmologists, geochemistry, geomagnetism, geometrising, germinations, goniometries, gradiometers, gynecomastia, hematologies, hematologist, heterogamies, homesteading, impetiginous, impregnators, legitimators, manifestoing, meetinghouse, metrologists, microgametes, mineralogist, miscataloged, misorienting, misreporting, moonlighters, museologists, mythologizes, nematologies, nematologist, neostigmines, numerologist, remigrations, remoistening, risorgimento, scapegoatism, segmentation, seismologist, semiologists, somatologies, somersetting, steamrolling, stigmasterol, tomographies, trimetrogons, witenagemots.
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