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egotism

egotism noun: a tendency to talk excessively about oneself.

Noun

egotism (usually uncountable, plural egotisms)

  1. (usually) A tendency to talk excessively about oneself.
  2. (usually) A belief that one is superior to or more important than others.
  3. (countable, usually) The result or product of being egoistic.
  4. (nonstandard, usually, by confusion of the similar words) Egoism (belief that behavior should be directed towards one's self-interest).

egotism meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

egotism in Hindi

preoccupation with oneself
आत्ममोह ātmamoh, अहंकार ahaṅkār

egotism in Tamil

தற்பெருமை கூறல், தன்திறன்மிகப் பெண்ணம்

egotism in Urdu

egotism, selfishness
ضد zid
egotism
ہماہمی hamāhamī

egotism in Bengali

preoccupation with oneself
অহংকার ohoṅkar, নফসানিয়াত nophśaniẏat
More languagesFewer languages
egotism in Telugu
అహంకారము ahaṅkāramu
egotism in Malayalam
അഹംഭാവം ahambhāvaṁ
egotism in Kannada
ಅಹಂಕಾರ, ಅಹಂಭಾವ, ದುರಭಿಮಾನ, ದುರಹಂಕಾರ
egotism in Gujarati
હુંપણું hũpaṇũ
egotism in Sanskrit
अहंकार ahaṃkāra

Synonyms of egotism

All synonyms of egotism

Forms of egotism

pluralegotisms

Origin of egotism

From Latin ego (“I”) + -t- (perhaps modelled on dogmatism, despotism, idiotism) + -ism.

Words formed from egotism

Questions about egotism

What does egotism mean?
Egotism means a tendency to talk excessively about oneself.
What is egotism in Hindi?
Egotism in Hindi is आत्ममोह (ātmamoh), अहंकार (ahaṅkār). See Egotism meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is egotism?
Egotism is a noun.
What is the plural of egotism?
The plural of egotism is egotisms.

Words near egotism in the dictionary

  1. egotheism
  2. egotise
  3. egotised
  4. egotises
  5. egotising
  6. egotism
  7. egotisms
  8. egotist
  9. egotistic
  10. egotistical
  11. egotistically

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Adapted from Wiktionary: egotism (page history and authors); egotism (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ضد (Urdu) (page history and authors); అహంకారము (Telugu) (page history and authors); egotism (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); હુંપણું (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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