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e·go·tism  audio  (g-tzm, g-) KEY 

NOUN:
  1. The tendency to speak or write of oneself excessively and boastfully.
  2. An inflated sense of one's own importance; conceit. See Synonyms at conceit.
ETYMOLOGY:
ego + -tism (as in nepotism)


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