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Added 9 October 2026

egotism

noun

Latin root: ego Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). More about egotism at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A tendency to talk excessively about oneself.
A belief that one is superior to or more important than others.
The result or product of being egoistic.

Origin

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

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