At lectures yesterday, Prof. Mark drew my attention to the fact that a difference exists between the words egoist and egotist, a fact i didn't know before now.
In trying to bring clarity on these words, I found that according to Tiscali , while an Egoist is one who is self-centered and selfish and does not realise it, an Egotist is arrogant and conceited, always talking about themselves.
WikiAnswers gives these definitions:
egoism is to do with self-interest.
egotism is to think/talk about oneself when its unwarranted
My thoughts then are that an Egotist may not neccesarily be selfish, they are capable of caring for others, however the priority is on self.
An Egoist on the other hand must be a fanatical believer of the law of self preservation.
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I like your cheeky note!!
ReplyDeleteIts amazing about the difference...i would have thought they were both the same...reminds me of the people we used to work for....(hint) lol!!
ReplyDeleteIt’s fantastic….I never anticipated that the diff. would be so small….
ReplyDeleteNice work Ginika
hmmmm... you give the definations... but you don’t say which one applies to you, if any..? hahahaha.... enjoy..
ReplyDeletenice definitions, just so you know egoist and egotist come from the greek word 'εγώ' which means I. In the dictionary egoist and egotist seem to be the same in greek but after searching a bit for their difference and synonyms to each word i found the difference.
ReplyDeleteegoism (εγωιστής) = a person who is preoccupated with his/her one well-being and interest
egotism (εγωτιστής) = a person who is self- centered or self-absorbed or even a narcisist. Someone who might be or might not be selfish but thinks highly of him/her self
I hope I got it right, but most importantly hopefuly I wont get anyone confused!