wegotismn.

/ˈwiːɡətɪz(ə)m/

Etymology: A jocular formation on we pron., n., and adj. and egotism n.

An obtrusive and too frequent use of the first person plural by a speaker or writer.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > [noun] > use of 'we'

wegotism1797

weism1800

nosism1829

1797 Brit. Critic IX. 424 A more trifling matter of objection is the use of the plural form [we] throughout in speaking of himself... In an individual preacher..it seems a strange desertion of propriety: and if used to avoid egotism, leads to that which..if we did not too much respect etymology, we might jocularly style Wegotism.

1811 L.-M. Hawkins Countess & Gertrude I. Introd. p. xxx We may have blended wegotism and egotism; but Cæsar writes ‘dixeram’ and ‘scripsimus’.

1881 H. J. Jennings Curios. Crit. 156 What has been called the ‘wegotism’ of the press.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	wegotism
释义	wegotismn. /ˈwiːɡətɪz(ə)m/ Etymology: A jocular formation on we pron., n., and adj. and egotism n. An obtrusive and too frequent use of the first person plural by a speaker or writer. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > [noun] > use of 'we' wegotism1797 weism1800 nosism1829 1797 Brit. Critic IX. 424 A more trifling matter of objection is the use of the plural form [we] throughout in speaking of himself... In an individual preacher..it seems a strange desertion of propriety: and if used to avoid egotism, leads to that which..if we did not too much respect etymology, we might jocularly style Wegotism. 1811 L.-M. Hawkins Countess & Gertrude I. Introd. p. xxx We may have blended wegotism and egotism; but Cæsar writes ‘dixeram’ and ‘scripsimus’. 1881 H. J. Jennings Curios. Crit. 156 What has been called the ‘wegotism’ of the press. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1797
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