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despotism (n.)[despotism 词源字典]: mid-18c., from French despotisme; see despot + -ism.
All education is despotism. [William Godwin, "Enquirer," 1797]
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egotism (n.): 1714, "too frequent use of 'I'," from ego + -ism. First used by Joseph Addison, who credits the term to "Port-Royalists" who used it in reference to obtrusive use of first person singular pronoun in writing, hence "talking too much about oneself." Meaning "self-conceit, selfishness" is from 1800. The -t- is abnormal, perhaps by influence of dogmatism.
egotist (n.): 1714, "one who makes too frequent use of the first-person singular pronoun," see ego + -ist. First attested in Joseph Addison (see egotism). Related: Egotistic; egotistical; egotistically.
ergotism (n.): "disease caused by eating ergot-infected breadstuffs," 1816; see ergot + -ism.
hypnotise (v.): alternative spelling of hypnotize; for suffix, see -ize. Related: Hypnotised; hypnotising.
hypnotism (n.): 1843, short for neuro-hypnotism (1842), coined by Dr. James Braid of Manchester, England, from hypnotic + -ism. In the same work (1843) Braid coined the verb hypnotize.
hypnotist (n.): 1843; see hypnotic + -ist.
nepotism (n.): "favoritism shown to relatives, especially in appointment to high office," 1660s, from French népotisme (1650s), from Italian nepotismo, from nepote "nephew," from Latin nepotem (nominative nepos) "grandson, nephew" (see nephew). Originally, practice of granting privileges to a pope's "nephew" which was a euphemism for his natural son.
patriotism (n.): 1726, from patriot + -ism.
protist (n.): 1869, from Modern Latin Protista (German Protisten, Haeckel, 1868), from Greek neuter plural of protistos "the very first," superlative of protos "first" (see proto-).
rotisserie (n.): 1868, "restaurant where meat is roasted on a spit," from French rôtisserie "shop selling cooked food, restaurant," from present participle stem of rôtir "to roast," from Old French rostir (see roast (v.)). As an in-home cooking apparatus, attested from 1953. Manufacturers (or their copy writers) back-formed a verb, rotiss (1958). Rotisserie league (1980), a form of fantasy baseball, is based on La Rotisserie, the Manhattan restaurant where it was conceived.
shootist (n.): 1864, from shoot (v.) + -ist.
wegotism (n.): 1797, from we + egotism; "an obtrusive and too frequent use of the first person plural by a speaker or writer" [OED].
dotish: "Stupid or silly", Early 16th century: from obsolete dote 'folly' + -ish¹.
photism: "A hallucinatory sensation or vision of light", Late 19th century: from Greek phōtismos, from phōtizein 'to shine', from phōs, phōt- 'light'.
myosotis: "A plant of a genus which includes the forget-me-nots", Modern Latin, from Greek muosōtis, from mus, mu- 'mouse' + ous, ōt- 'ear'.