Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

meism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: meism
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Egotism; a focus on, or obsession with, oneself.

Colloquial; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"They teach that everyone is a separate entity, and you should look out for number one, creating a selfish meism society."
"The new hippies, most of them, were just people who didn't buy into the rampant meism we were fed as children and teenagers."
"The need to be a good team member and the propensiry toward individualism make the corporation an excellent opportunity for ronin to wrestle with the shadows of meism, opportunism, and glibness."

Etymology

Etymology tree Middle English me English me Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English meism From me + -ism.

Usage

Inflected Forms

meisms (plural) me-ism (alternative)

Questions

What does meism mean?: Egotism; a focus on, or obsession with, oneself.
Where does meism come from?: Etymology tree Middle English me English me Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English meism From me + -ism.

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