Egotism vs Affectation - What's the difference?
egotism | affectation |
A tendency to talk excessively about oneself.
A belief that one is superior to or more important than others.
Egoism.
(countable) The result or product of being egoistic.
An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show.
:* {{quote-book, year=1810
, year_published=2009
, edition=Digitized
, editor=
, author=Dr. Samuel Johnson
, title=The Works of the English Poets
, chapter=Life of Gower
An unusual mannerism.
As nouns the difference between egotism and affectation
is that egotism is a tendency to talk excessively about oneself while affectation is an attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show.egotism
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(wikipedia egotism)Noun
(en-noun)Synonyms
* pride, vanity, conceit * egocentrism, egoismSee also
* solipsismExternal links
* * English words suffixed with -ismaffectation
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(en noun)citation, genre= , publisher= , isbn= , page= , passage=This poem is strongly tinctured with those pedantic affectations concerning the passion of love ... }}