different between impertinence vs egotism

English

Etymology

French impertinence

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?m.?p??.t?.n?ns/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?m.?p?.t?.n?ns/

Noun

impertinence (countable and uncountable, plural impertinences)

1. (uncountable) Lack of pertinence; irrelevance.
2. (countable) An instance of this; a moment of being impertinent.
3. (uncountable) The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness.
4. (countable, uncountable) Insolence; impudence.

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.p??.ti.n??s/

Noun

impertinence f (plural impertinences)

1. impertinence

Further reading

• “impertinence” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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