Etymology

culte du moi

Today it means: The cult of the ego; ego worship. Full definition →

French culte du moi
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  1. French · borrowed fromculte du moi“cult of the me”
  2. English todayculte du moi

Borrowed from French culte du moi (“cult of the me”). Introduced by the homme de lettres Maurice Barrès (1862–1923) in his homonymous book trilogy (1888–1891), in English entitled The Cult of the Self.

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