wegotism

wegotism: wegotism 1797, from WE (Cf. we) + EGOTISM (Cf. egotism); "an obtrusive and too frequent use of the first person plural by a speaker or writer" [OED].

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Wegotism — We go*tism, n. [From we, in imitation of egotism.] Excessive use of the pronoun we; called also {weism}. [Colloq. or Cant] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
wegotism — The excessive use of we in writing, particulary in newspaper editorials … Grandiloquent dictionary
wegotism — … Useful english dictionary
weism — Wegotism We go*tism, n. [From we, in imitation of egotism.] Excessive use of the pronoun we; called also {weism}. [Colloq. or Cant] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
we — O.E. we, from P.Gmc. *wiz (Cf. O.S. wi, O.N. ver, Dan. vi, O.Fris. wi, Du. wij, O.H.G., Ger. wir, Goth. weis we ), from PIE *wei (Cf. Skt. vayam, O.Pers. vayam, Hitt. wesh … Etymology dictionary
Weism — We ism, n. Same as {Wegotism}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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