different between flippancy vs egotism
flippancy
English
Etymology
flippant +? -cy
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?fl?.p?n.si/
- (US) IPA(key): /?fl?.p?n.si/, /?fl?.p?nt.si/
Noun
flippancy (countable and uncountable, plural flippancies)
- A disrespectful levity or pertness especially in respect to grave or sacred matters.
Related terms
- flippant
Translations
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egotism
English
Etymology
From Latin ego (“I”) + -t- + -ism
Noun
egotism (usually uncountable, plural egotisms)
- A tendency to talk excessively about oneself.
- A belief that one is superior to or more important than others.
- (countable) The result or product of being egoistic.
- (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)
- egotism
Declension
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