different between effrontery vs egotism

English

Etymology

From late 17th century French effronterie, from effronté (“shameless, insolent”), from Old French esfronté, from Vulgar Latin *exfront?tus. Compare Latin effr?ns (“barefaced”), from the prefix ex- (“from”) + fr?ns (“forehead”) (English: front).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??f??nt??i/, /??f??nt??i/

Noun

effrontery (countable and uncountable, plural effronteries)

1. (uncountable) Insolent and shameless audacity.

2. (countable) An act of insolent and shameless audacity.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:effrontery.

Related terms

• affront

Translations

References

• 2005, Ed. Catherine Soanes and Angus Stevenson, The Oxford Dictionary of English (2nd edition revised), Oxford University Press, ?ISBN
• 1996, T.F. Hoad, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Etymology, Oxford University Press, ?ISBN
• “Effrontery, n.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1989

English

Etymology

From Latin ego (“I”) + -t- + -ism

Noun

egotism (usually uncountable, plural egotisms)

1. A tendency to talk excessively about oneself.
2. A belief that one is superior to or more important than others.
3. (countable) The result or product of being egoistic.
4. (nonstandard, by confusion of the similar words) Egoism (belief that behavior should be directed towards one's self-interest).

Synonyms

• pride, vanity, conceit
• egocentrism, egoism

Related terms

• egotist
• egotistic
• egotistical

Translations

See also

• solipsism

Further reading

• egotism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• egotism in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Romanian

Etymology

From French égotisme

Noun

egotism n (uncountable)

1. egotism

Declension