egotism
A tendency to talk excessively about oneselfA tendency to talk excessively about oneself.
» I am annoyed by your egotism.
Меня раздражает ваш эгоизм.
Meaning
4 senses(uncountable, usually)A tendency to talk excessively about oneself.
Egoismus, Egotismus
(uncountable, usually)A belief that one is superior to or more important than others.
(countable, usually)The result or product of being egoistic.
(nonstandard, uncountable, usually)Egoism (belief that behavior should be directed towards one's self-interest).
- an exaggerated opinion of your own importance
- an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
Examples
2 sentencesI am annoyed by your egotism.
ruМеня раздражает ваш эгоизм.
Conceit, arrogance and egotism are the essentials of patriotism.
ruЧванство, высокомерие и себялюбие – ключевые составляющие патриотизма.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Latin ego (“I”) + -t- (perhaps modelled on dogmatism, despotism, idiotism) + -ism.From Latin ego (“I”) + -t- (perhaps modelled on dogmatism, despotism, idiotism) + -ism.
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Forms
plural: egotismsSynonyms
9 synonyms- an exaggerated opinion of your own importance:self-importanceswelled head
- an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others:egoself-importance
Word family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable