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Illeism

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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.

Katakana transliteration

  • イリーイズム (irīizumu)

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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    • Douglas Bruster (2007): Editors sometimes misattribute lines due to characters using illeism.

Other Dictionary Entries

Merriam Webster's Entry for "Illeism"

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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