noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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CMU ARPABET:IY1 G AH0 T IH2 Z AH0 M
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A tendency to talk excessively about oneself.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A belief that one is superior to or more important than others.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
The result or product of being egoistic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, usually
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
Egoism (belief that behavior should be directed towards one's self-interest).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: nonstandard, uncountable, usually
Qualifier: by confusion of the similar words
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
an exaggerated opinion of your own importance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: self-importance, swelled head
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: conceit, conceitedness, vanity
Narrower terms: superiority complex
6
noun
Meaning 6
an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ego, self-importance
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pride, pridefulness
History
Etymology
From Latin ego (“I”) + -t- (perhaps modelled on dogmatism, despotism, idiotism) + -ism.
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bengali:
অহংকার
(ohoṅkar)
— preoccupation with oneself
Bengali:
নফসানিয়াত
(nophśaniẏat)
— preoccupation with oneself
Bulgarian:
самоизтъкване
(samoiztǎkvane)
— preoccupation with oneself
Czech:
sobectví
— preoccupation with oneself
Dutch:
egotisme
— preoccupation with oneself
Dutch:
egocentrisme
— preoccupation with oneself
French:
égotisme
— preoccupation with oneself
German:
Egoismus
— preoccupation with oneself
German:
Egotismus
— preoccupation with oneself
Greek:
εγωτισμός
(egotismós)
— preoccupation with oneself
Hindi:
आत्ममोह
(ātmamoh)
— preoccupation with oneself
Hindi:
अहंकार
(ahaṅkār)
— preoccupation with oneself
Irish:
féinchúis
— preoccupation with oneself
Irish:
féinspéis
— preoccupation with oneself
Japanese:
自惚
— preoccupation with oneself
Japanese:
己惚
(unubore)
— preoccupation with oneself
Malayalam:
അഹംഭാവം
(ahambhāvaṁ)
— preoccupation with oneself
Norwegian:
egoist
— preoccupation with oneself
Romanian:
egoism
— preoccupation with oneself
Sanskrit:
अहंकार
(ahaṃkāra)
— preoccupation with oneself
Bulgarian:
егоцентричност
(egocentričnost)
— belief that one is superior
Czech:
ješitnost
— belief that one is superior
Dutch:
hooghartigheid
— belief that one is superior
Dutch:
eigenwaan
— belief that one is superior
Greek:
εγωτισμός
(egotismós)
— belief that one is superior