egohood

[Latin ego; English suff. -hood.] Individuality, personality. "Whether we try to avoid it or not, we must face this reality some time the reality of our own Egohood -that which makes us say 'I,' and in saying 'I' leads to the discovery of a new world."-British Quarterly Review, vol. lvii., p. 79. ě-gō-ic-al, a. [Latin ego, and English adj. suff. -ical.] Of or pertaining to egoism. ěg'-ō-1şm, s. [Fr. egoisme, from Lat. ego =I.] 1. Ord. Lang.: An exce ive or pa ionate love or opinion of self; the habit of referring everything to one's self, and of judging and estimating everything by its relation to one's interests or importance; egotism. "With that union of intellectual egoism and moral unselfishne which is a characteristic of his large and liberal nature." -Athenœum , April 29, 1883. ISM.] 2. Philos .: The doctrine of the egoists. [IDEALeg-ō-Ist, s . [Fr. egoiste , from Lat. ego =I.] 1. Ord. Lang.: A self-opinionated person; an egotist. 2. Philos .: One who holds the opinion that a person can be certain of nothing but his own existence, and that of the operations and ideas of his own mind. "Hitherto Des Cartes was uncertain of every thing but his own existence, and the existence of the operations and ideas of his own mind. Some of his disciples, it is said, remained at this stage of his system, and got the name of Egoists ."-Reid: Powers of the Human Mind , e ay ii., ch. 8. eg-ō-Ist-Ic, eg-ō-Ist-Ic-al, a . [Eng. egoist ; -ic, ical.] 1. Pertaining to or of the nature of egoism. 2. Exhibiting or addicted to egoism; egotistic, self-conceited. 3. Pertaining to one's personal identity. "The egoistical idealism of Fichte."- Sir W. Hamilton . eg-ō-Ist-Ic-al-ly, adv . [Eng. egoistical ; -ly .] In an egoistic manner. *ě-gō-i-ty, s. [Latin ego , and Eng. suff. -ity .] Personality, individuality. "If you would permit me to use a school term, I would say the egoity remains." -Wollaston . *ěg'-ō-īze, v . i. [EGOTIZE.]