What is "egotheism"

Egotheism \E"go*the`ism\, n. [Gr. 'egw` I + qeo`s God.] The deification of self. [R.]

"deification of the self," 1855, from ego + theism. Related: Egotheist (1849); egotheistic.

n. 1 The deification of one's own self. 2 The view that the idea of God is nothing more than a conception of the self.

Egotheism is deification of the self, or the view that the idea of God is nothing more than a conception of the self. The latter position presupposes the impossibility of divine revelation. As such, it is a denial of the validity of faith and most theistic traditions, except for deism. Identification of the self with the divine is a tenet of Hinduism ( Atman as the "true self").