egotism

n.

自我中心，自尊自大；

1. Finding herself world-famous by the time she was eighteen only encouraged the actress's egotism.
   发现自己仅在十八岁时已经是举世闻名了，使得这个女演员开始自大了。

Egotism
Egotism and attribution.
Attenuating the link between threatened egotism and aggression
Desirable responding triggered by affect: Automatic egotism?
Relation of threatened egotism to violence and aggression: The dark side of high self-esteem
Relation of threatened egotism to violence and aggression: the dark side of high self-esteem.
Threatened egotism, narcissism, self-esteem, and direct and displaced aggression: Does self-love or self-hate lead to violence?
Self-esteem, narcissism, and aggression: Does violence result from low self-esteem or from threatened egotism?
Poor performance following unsolvable problems: Learned helplessness or egotism? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 36, 1...
Self-Evaluated Self-Esteem, Peer-Evaluated Self-Esteem, and Defensive Egotism as Predictors of Adolescents’ Participation in Bullyi...