egotism

Other forms of egotism

plural

egotisms·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about egotism

What does egotism mean?

egotism means "an exaggerated opinion of your own importance". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in egotism?

egotism has 4 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ˈiɡəˌtɪzəm/.

What is another word for egotism?

Close synonyms include self-importance, swelled head, ego, self-importance. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is egotism a common word?

egotism is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with egotism?

23 words rhyme with egotism. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.