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Another word for egotism

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Noun

  1. An exaggerated belief in one's own importance

    See also:

    self-love

  2. A regarding of oneself with undue favor

      1. Self-regard, self-esteem.
      2. Alternative form of amour propre.
      3. Respect for oneself; self-esteem.
      1. A flight of imagination; fancy
      2. A fanciful or witty expression or notion; often, specif., a striking and elaborate metaphor, sometimes one regarded, esp. formerly, as strained and arbitrary
      3. (--- Obsolete) The result of intellectual activity; a thought or an opinion.
      1. In psychoanalysis, the division of the psyche that is conscious, most immediately controls thought and behavior, and is most in touch with external reality.
      2. (Psychoanalysis) That part of the psyche which experiences the external world, or reality, through the senses, organizes the thought processes rationally, and governs action: it mediates between the impulses of the id, the demands of the environment, and the standards of the superego
      3. Appropriate pride in oneself; self-esteem.
      1. The tendency to be self-centered, or to consider only oneself and one's own interests; selfishness
      2. The belief that self-interest provides the proper basis for moral behavior.
      3. (Ethics) The doctrine that self-interest is the proper goal of all human actions
      1. (Psychoanalysis) Arrest at or regression to the first stage of libidinal development, in which the self is an object of erotic pleasure
      2. Erotic pleasure derived from contemplation or admiration of one's own body or self, especially as a fixation on or a regression to an infantile stage of development.
      3. Excessive interest in one's own appearance, comfort, importance, abilities, etc.
      1. A flamboyant or impressive group:
      2. Pleasure or satisfaction taken in an achievement, possession, or association:
      3. Delight or satisfaction in one's own or another's achievements, in associations, etc.
      1. Vain, ostentatious display:
      2. Vain show or empty pomp
      3. Excessive or unwarranted pride in one's accomplishments or qualities.
      1. (Short for) vanity case
      2. Worthlessness, pointlessness, or futility:
      3. Excessive pride in one's appearance or accomplishments; conceit.
      1. An act, experience, or course of behavior that gratifies the ego.
      2. Self-aggrandizement; an act undertaken to increase one's own power and influence or to draw attention to one's own importance.
      3. (Slang) A trip, or experience, that gratifies or indulges the ego
    See also:

    self-love

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Another word for egotism

Noun
  1. See also:

    pride

    Antonyms:
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Sentence Examples

  • and though he talks much of himself, his egotism is the genial.

  • Henry's egotism was profound, and personal motives underlay his public action.

  • But even in this crowning triumph the cramping egotism of his nature - a mental vice which now grew on him rapidly - fatally narrowed his outlook and led him to commit an irretrievable blunder.

  • His character, notwithstanding the egotism by which it was disfigured, had an amiable and engaging side.

  • egotism which takes the world into its confidence, not the selfish egotism which feels no interest but in its own woes.

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