egotism

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun an exaggerated opinion of your own importance
  2. noun an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others

Etymology

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

In classic literature

Synonyms

self-importance, swelled head

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