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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
acquisitiveness, arrogance, autism, boastfulness, boasting, bragging, careerism, conceit, conceitedness, contempt, ego, ego trip, egocentricity, egocentrism, egoism, egoisticalness, egotisticalness, gasconade, gasconism, graspingness, greed, individualism, interest, megalomania, narcissism, personal aims, personal ambition, personal desires, personalism, possessiveness, pride, privatism, remoteness, self-absorption, self-admiration, self-advancement, self-centeredness, self-centerment, self-consequence, self-consideration, self-containment, self-devotion, self-esteem, self-importance, self-indulgence, self-interest, self-interestedness, self-jealousy, self-love, self-occupation, self-pleasing, self-seeking, self-serving, self-solicitude, self-sufficiency, selfishness, selfism, superiority, vainglory, vainness, vaunting
Dictionary Results for egotism:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
egotism
    n 1: an exaggerated opinion of your own importance [syn:
         egotism, self-importance, swelled head]
    2: an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
       [syn: ego, egotism, self-importance]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Egotism \E"go*tism\ (?; 277), n. [L. ego I + ending -tism for
   -ism, prob. influenced by other English words in -tism fr.
   the Greek, where t is not part of the ending, as baptism. See
   Egoism.]
   The practice of too frequently using the word I; hence, a
   speaking or writing overmuch of one's self; self-exaltation;
   self-praise; the act or practice of magnifying one's self or
   parading one's own doings. The word is also used in the sense
   of egoism.
   [1913 Webster]

         His excessive egotism, which filled all objects with
         himself.                                 --Hazlitt.

   Syn: Egotism, Self-conceit, Vanity, Egoism.
        Self-conceit is an overweening opinion of one's talents,
        capacity, attractions, etc.; egotism is the acting out
        of self-conceit, or self-importance, in words and
        exterior conduct; vanity is inflation of mind arising
        from the idea of being thought highly of by others. It
        shows itself by its eagerness to catch the notice of
        others. Egoism is a state in which the feelings are
        concentrated on one's self. Its expression is egotism.
        [1913 Webster]

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