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Illeism (/ˈɪli.ɪzəm/; from Latin ille: "he; that man") is the act of referring to oneself in the third person instead of first person. It is sometimes used in literature as a stylistic device. In real-life usage, illeism can reflect a number of different stylistic intentions or involuntary circumstances.
In everyday speech, Overview & In literature
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| Julius Caesar's Commentarii de Bello Gallico or Xenophon's Anabasis | instance of | In literatureEarly literature | 0.80 | text |
| both ostensibly non-fictional accounts of wars led by their authors | instance of | In literatureEarly literature | 0.80 | text |
| used illeism to impart an air of objective impartiality | instance of | In literatureEarly literature | 0.80 | text |
| which included justifications of the author's actions | instance of | In literatureEarly literature | 0.80 | text |
| Illeism | related to In everyday speech | In | 0.60 | section |
| Illeism | related to In everyday speech | Bob Dole | 0.60 | section |
| Illeism | related to In everyday speech | When | 0.60 | section |
| Illeism | related to In everyday speech | Senate Floor | 0.60 | section |
| Illeism | related to In everyday speech | Strategic Defense Initiative | 0.60 | section |
| Illeism | related to In everyday speech | NCPAC | 0.60 | section |
| Illeism | related to In everyday speech | This | 0.60 | section |
| Illeism | related to In everyday speech | United States | 0.60 | section |
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