Antonyms for egotisms


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ee-guh-tiz-uhm, eg-uh-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈi gəˌtɪz əm, ˈɛg ə-


Definition of egotisms

Origin :
  • 1714, from ego + -ism (see egotist). Meaning "selfishness" is from 1800.
  • noun self-centeredness
  • noun self-importance
Example sentences :
  • I must be pardoned these egotisms, which the nature of my story renders necessary.
  • Extract from : « Devereux, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • And now, my dear Auldjo, you have had enough of my egotisms.
  • Extract from : « Devereux, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • It was, moreover, the first excursion out of the beaten path of their egotisms.
  • Extract from : « Angel Island » by Inez Haynes Gillmore
  • At any rate in death (as we say) he was not divided—from his egotisms.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, October 6, 1920 » by Various
  • Instead, we found you inflating yourself with all sorts of egotisms and vanities.
  • Extract from : « The Damnation of Theron Ware » by Harold Frederic
  • It was, of course, the inevitable clash of two egotisms; but that did not alter the facts.
  • Extract from : « The Loom of Youth » by Alec Waugh
  • The little circles of their egotisms have to be opened out until they become arcs in the sweep of the racial purpose.
  • Extract from : « The World Set Free » by Herbert George Wells
  • So the common interests of two egotisms can alone make of these one egotism.
  • Extract from : « The Intelligence of Woman » by W. L. George
  • You have nothing to forgive in Felicia, said Maurice; she has been the target, I think, for all our egotisms to stab.
  • Extract from : « Paths of Judgement » by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
  • But he must have written what Montaigne dictated, as the expressions and the egotisms are all Montaigne's.
  • Extract from : « Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3) » by Isaac D'Israeli

Synonyms for egotisms

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