Antonyms for egoisms
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : ee-goh-iz-uh m, eg-oh- |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈi goʊˌɪz əm, ˈɛg oʊ- |
Definition of egoisms
Origin :- 1785, in metaphysics (see egoist), from French égoisme (1755), from Modern Latin egoismus, from Latin ego (see ego). Meaning "self-interest" is from 1800.
- noun self-centeredness
- Without this two egoisms cannot exist side by side and develop.
- Extract from : « Morals and the Evolution of Man » by Max Simon Nordau
- It would be, he saw, a conflict of egoisms, and he could not afford to risk his own.
- Extract from : « Spiritual Adventures » by Arthur Symons
- There is a similar relation between the egoisms of the two men.
- Extract from : « Landmarks in French Literature » by G. Lytton Strachey
- Pardon me these egoisms, which, if ever excusable, are so when writing to a friend to whom our concerns are not uninteresting.
- Extract from : « Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson » by Thomas Jefferson
- With all its faults, all its egoisms, take this last essay in my first book of essays, and do not think hardly of me.
- Extract from : « 'I Believe' and other essays » by Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
- Let him consider it as being such a chapter, and its egoisms will require no apology.
- Extract from : « Our Hundred Days in Europe » by Oliver Wendell Holmes
- I begin this record with the columnar, self-reliant capital letter to signify that there is no disguise in its egoisms.
- Extract from : « Our Hundred Days in Europe » by Oliver Wendell Holmes
- The way a man handles his egoisms is a test of his mastery over an audience or a class of readers.
- Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864 » by Various
- His egoisms would spoil what little of the natural was left in the regions of Vanity Fair.
- Extract from : « The Imitator » by Percival Pollard
Synonyms for egoisms
- arrogance
- assurance
- boastfulness
- boasting
- bragging
- conceit
- conceitedness
- egocentricity
- egomania
- egotism
- gasconade
- haughtiness
- insolence
- megalomania
- narcissism
- ostentation
- overconfidence
- preoccupation with self
- presumption
- pride
- self-absorption
- self-admiration
- self-confidence
- self-importance
- self-interest
- self-love
- self-possession
- self-regard
- self-worship
- selfishness
- superiority
- swellheadedness
- vainglory
- vanity
- vaunting
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