English Synonyms and Antonyms

Egoism is giving the "I" undue supremacy in thought; egotism is giving the "I" undue prominence in speech.
Egotism is sometimes used in the sense of egoism, or supreme regard for oneself. Self-assertion is the claim
by word, act, or manner of what one believes to be his due; self-conceit is an overestimate of one's own
powers or deserts. Conceit is a briefer expression for self-conceit, with always an offensive implication;
self-conceit is ridiculous or pitiable; conceit arouses resentment. There is a worthy self-confidence which
springs from consciousness of rectitude and of power equal to demands. Self-assertion at times becomes a
duty; but self-conceit is always a weakness. Self-consciousness is the keeping of one's thoughts upon oneself,
with the constant anxious question of what others will think. Vanity is an overweening admiration of self,
craving equal admiration from others; self-consciousness is commonly painful to its possessor, vanity always
a source of satisfaction, except as it fails to receive its supposed due. Self-esteem is more solid and better
founded than self-conceit; but is ordinarily a weakness, and never has the worthy sense of self-confidence.
Compare ASSURANCE; PRIDE.
Antonyms:
Synonyms and Antonyms, by James Champlin Fernald
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bashfulness, humility, self-forgetfulness, unobtrusiveness, deference, modesty, shyness, unostentatiousness.
diffidence, self-distrust,
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EMBLEM.
Synonyms:
attribute, figure, image, sign, symbol, token, type.
Emblem is the English form of emblema, a Latin word of Greek origin, signifying a figure beaten out on a
metallic vessel by blows from within; also, a figure inlaid in wood, stone, or other material as a copy of some
natural object. The Greek word symbolon denoted a victor's wreath, a check, or any object that might be
compared with, or found to correspond with another, whether there was or was not anything in the objects
compared to suggest the comparison. Thus an emblem resembles, a symbol represents. An emblem has some
natural fitness to suggest that for which it stands; a symbol has been chosen or agreed upon to suggest
something else, with or without natural fitness; a sign does actually suggest the thing with or without reason,
and with or without intention or choice. A symbol may be also an emblem; thus the elements of bread and
wine in the Lord's Supper are both appropriate emblems and his own chosen symbols of suffering and death. A
statement of doctrine is often called a symbol of faith; but it is not an emblem. On the other hand, the same
thing may be both a sign and a symbol; a letter of the alphabet is a sign which indicates a sound; but letters are
often used as mathematical, chemical, or astronomical symbols. A token is something given or done as a
pledge or expression of feeling or intent; while the sign may be unintentional, the token is voluntary; kind
looks may be signs of regard; a gift is a token; a ring, which is a natural emblem of eternity, and also its
accepted symbol, is frequently given as a token of friendship or love. A figure in the sense here considered is
something that represents an idea to the mind somewhat as a form is represented to the eye, as in drawing,
painting, or sculpture; as representing a future reality, a figure may be practically the same as a type. An
image is a visible representation, especially in sculpture, having or supposed to have a close resemblance to
that which it represents. A type is in religion a representation of a greater reality to come; we speak of one
object as the type of the class whose characteristics it exhibits, as in the case of animal or vegetable types. An