Egotism

egotism
    n 1: an exaggerated opinion of your own importance [syn:
         {egotism}, {self-importance}, {swelled head}]
    2: an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
       [syn: {ego}, {egotism}, {self-importance}]
    

Egotism \E"go*tism\ (?; 277), n. [L. ego I + ending -tism for
   -ism, prob. influenced by other English words in -tism fr.
   the Greek, where t is not part of the ending, as baptism. See
   {Egoism}.]
   The practice of too frequently using the word I; hence, a
   speaking or writing overmuch of one's self; self-exaltation;
   self-praise; the act or practice of magnifying one's self or
   parading one's own doings. The word is also used in the sense
   of egoism.
   [1913 Webster]

         His excessive egotism, which filled all objects with
         himself.                                 --Hazlitt.

   Syn: {Egotism}, {Self-conceit}, {Vanity}, {Egoism}.
        Self-conceit is an overweening opinion of one's talents,
        capacity, attractions, etc.; egotism is the acting out
        of self-conceit, or self-importance, in words and
        exterior conduct; vanity is inflation of mind arising
        from the idea of being thought highly of by others. It
        shows itself by its eagerness to catch the notice of
        others. Egoism is a state in which the feelings are
        concentrated on one's self. Its expression is egotism.
        [1913 Webster]
    

61 Moby Thesaurus words for "egotism":
      acquisitiveness, arrogance, autism, boastfulness, boasting,
      bragging, careerism, conceit, conceitedness, contempt, ego,
      ego trip, egocentricity, egocentrism, egoism, egoisticalness,
      egotisticalness, gasconade, gasconism, graspingness, greed,
      individualism, interest, megalomania, narcissism, personal aims,
      personal ambition, personal desires, personalism, possessiveness,
      pride, privatism, remoteness, self-absorption, self-admiration,
      self-advancement, self-centeredness, self-centerment,
      self-consequence, self-consideration, self-containment,
      self-devotion, self-esteem, self-importance, self-indulgence,
      self-interest, self-interestedness, self-jealousy, self-love,
      self-occupation, self-pleasing, self-seeking, self-serving,
      self-solicitude, self-sufficiency, selfishness, selfism,
      superiority, vainglory, vainness, vaunting