Egotism: The art of seeing in yourself what others cannot see. 自负:用与他人不同的方式来看待自己的艺术。
There's no point arguing with him any more. He is full of egotism. 跟他争已经没有什么意义了,他这人自以为是的很。
His egotism had never taken the crude form of desiring a dull wife. 他的利己主义从来没有表现为一种粗俗的形式,满足于得到一个百依百顺的妻子。
egotism
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an exaggerated opinion of your own importance
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an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
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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.
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.
The egotism verges on: "l'etat, c'est moi."
It is an exercise in sheer egotism and wretched for exhibitors thus press-ganged into a Blake creation.
Like presidential candidates and editorial writers, Mr. Schickel tries to disguise the egotism of his enterprise with promiscuous use of the plural first-person pronoun.
Some cite the egotism suggested by his book and his image-conscious management style.
He says voters are forgetting the Kims' "pureness and self-sacrifice" and concentrating on their political egotism.