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===Etymology===

[[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].

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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].