egotism

noun

Etymology

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

  1. derived from ego

Definitions

  1. A tendency to talk excessively about oneself.

  2. A belief that one is superior to or more important than others.

  3. The result or product of being egoistic.

  4. + 1 more definition
    1. Egoism (belief that behavior should be directed towards one's self-interest).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at egotism. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at egotism. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at egotism

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA