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English

Etymology

From Latin ille (“that man; he”) + -ism, modelled on egoism.

Katakana transliteration

イリーイズム (irīizumu)

Noun

illeism (uncountable)

The practice of (often excessive) referring to oneself in the third person.
Excessive use of the pronoun “he”, especially in reference to oneself; the habit of speaking of oneself in the third person.
- Douglas Bruster (2007): Editors sometimes misattribute lines due to characters using illeism.

Derived terms

[illeist]

Related terms

[illeity]

Example video

Illeism Meaning - Illeism Examples - Illeism Defined - Rhetoric - Illeism by iswearenglish

"Illeism" shown on TV

Jimmy’s illeism causes a misunderstanding (Seinfeld Season 6, Episode 19 – “The Jimmy”)

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-#* Douglas Bruster (2007): Editors sometimes misattribute lines due to characters using illeism.
+===="Illeism" shown on TV====
+{{#ev:youtube|zJgOKjq1zfM|600|center|Jimmy’s illeism causes a misunderstanding (Seinfeld Season 6, Episode 19 – “The Jimmy”)}}
-====Derived terms====
-* [[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/illeist illeist]]
-====Related terms====
-* [[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/illeity illeity]]
-====See also====
-* [[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nosism nosism]]
-* [[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tuism tuism]]
 ===Other Dictionary Entries===
-[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/illeism Merriam Webster's Entry for "Illeism"]
+* [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/illeism Merriam Webster's Entry for "Illeism"]
+* [https://en.thefreedictionary.com/illeism TheFreeDictionary's Entry for "Illeism"]
+* [https://www.yourdictionary.com/illeism YourDictionary's Entry for "Illeism"]
+* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/illeism Wiktionary's Entry for "Illeism"]
+* [https://grokipedia.com/page/Illeism Grokipedia's Entry for "Illeism"]
 ===References===
 ===Further reading===
+* [https://www.song-bar.com/lyric-word-of-the-week/word-of-the-week-illeism-kanye-west-donald-trump-pele-salvador-dali "Word of the week: Illeism" Article by SongBar]
+* [https://www.worldwidewords.org/ww-ill.html WorldWideWorlds Article on "Illeism"]
 * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illeism Illeism on Wikipedia]
 * [https://lsa.umich.edu/psych/news-events/all-news/faculty-news/illeism--the-ancient-trick-to-help-you-think-more-wisely.html "Illeism: The ancient trick to help you think more wisely" by David Robson, BBC News]