Autolatry (noun)
aw-tol-a-tree
Worship of oneself; = “self-worship”.
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in William Henderson (b. 1805). From auto- + -latry, perhaps after German Autolatrie or French autolâtrie.
Example sentences
“He was so vain, a real proponent of autolatry.”
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