egotism
noun
egotism is spelled E-G-O-T-I-S-M: 7 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 68,248th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, egotism means “A tendency to talk excessively about oneself” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of egotism is egotisms.
How many letters and syllables are in egotism?
| Letters | 7: E-G-O-T-I-S-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 68,248th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is egotism?
Egotism appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 68,248th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce egotism?
- US
Egotism has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-egotism.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of egotism
- egotisms plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does egotism mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 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
nonstandardEgoism (belief that behavior should be directed towards one's self-interest).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Egotism in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense preoccupation with oneself:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does egotism come from?
From Latin ego (“I”) + -t- (perhaps modelled on dogmatism, despotism, idiotism) + -ism.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).