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===Etymology===
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[[File:Bust of Julius Caesar from History of the World (1902).png|thumb|upright|An engraving of the 1st century bust of [[w:Julius Caesar|Julius Caesar]] from the Farnese collection, on display at the [[w:National Archaeological Museum, Naples|National Archaeological Museum]] in Naples, Italy.<ref>From ''The History of the World; a Survey of a Man’s Record'', edited by Hans F. Helmolt (1902–1907).</ref> In his ''[[w:Commentarii de Bello Gallico|Commentarii de Bello Gallico]]'' (58–49 BCE), Caesar used illeism to give an air of impartiality to the account, including justifications of his own actions.]]
[[File:Bust of Julius Caesar from History of the World (1902).png|thumb|upright|An engraving of the 1st century bust of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Caesar Julius Caesar] from the Farnese collection, on display at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Archaeological_Museum,_Naples National Archaeological Museum] in Naples, Italy.<ref>From ''The History of the World; a Survey of a Man’s Record'', edited by Hans F. Helmolt (1902–1907).</ref> In his ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commentarii_de_Bello_Gallico Commentarii de Bello Gallico]'' (58–49 BCE), Caesar used illeism to give an air of impartiality to the account, including justifications of his own actions.]]


From Latin ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ille ille]'' (“that man; he”) + ''-ism'', modelled on [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/egoism egoism].
From Latin ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ille ille]'' (“that man; he”) + ''-ism'', modelled on [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/egoism egoism].

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English

Etymology

An engraving of the 1st century bust of Julius Caesar from the Farnese collection, on display at the National Archaeological Museum in Naples, Italy.[1] In his Commentarii de Bello Gallico (58–49 BCE), Caesar used illeism to give an air of impartiality to the account, including justifications of his own actions.

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

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɪliːɪzəm/ (RP)
  • /ˈɪliɪzəm/ (GA)

Noun

illeism (uncountable)

  1. The practice of (often excessive) referring to oneself in the third person.
  2. 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

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References

Further reading

English terms suffixed with -ism People

  1. ↑ From The History of the World; a Survey of a Man’s Record, edited by Hans F. Helmolt (1902–1907).
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