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egotism::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | ego, self-importance |
| Type of | pride, pridefulness |
| Derivation | egotist, egotistic |
egotism::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | self-importance, swelled head |
| Type of | conceit, conceitedness, vanity |
| Has types | superiority complex |
| Derivation | egotist, egotistic |
Examples of egotism
egotism
It goes against the dominant values of competition, self-promotion, and egotism.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
What kind of egotism requires a man to tilt uncompromisingly at the impossible.
From the guardian.co.uk
With her cheerful, unpretentious demeanour, Adlington seems immune to egotism.
From the independent.co.uk
It's a feigned form of physical egotism that lampoons itself to ambiguous degrees.
From the latimes.com
And a lack of pride or egotism is important to any genuine spirituality, IMHO.
From the allconsidering.com
Their egotism tells them that odds of millions to one only count for other people.
From the guardian.co.uk
They are smug smiles, full of condescension and unchecked theatrical egotism.
From the time.com
Drawing from Buddhism, he speaks often of rejecting selfishness and egotism.
From the time.com
And that might make us more skeptical about the effects of implicit egotism.
From the sciencedaily.com
- An exaggerated opinion of your own importance
- Ego: an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
- (egotist) a conceited and self-centered person
- (egotistic) characteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importance
- (egotistic) conceited: characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance; "a conceited fool"; "an attitude of self-conceited arrogance"; "an egotistical disregard of others"; "so swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty"; "growing ever more swollen-headed ...
- Egotism is the motivation to maintain and enhance favorable views of oneself. Egotism means placing oneself at the center of one's world with no direct concern for others, including those loved or considered as "close", in any other terms by the "egoist".
- A tendency to talk excessively about oneself; A belief that one is superior to or more important than others; Egoism; The result or product of being egoistic
- (egotist) A person who talks excessively about himself; A person who believes in his own importance or superiority; An egoist
- (egotistic) Egotistical; Egoistic
