egotist
a conceited, boastful person.
a selfish person; egoist.
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Origin of egotist
1Other words from egotist
- an·ti·e·go·tist, noun, adjective
Words that may be confused with egotist
- egoist, egotist
Words Nearby egotist
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How to use egotist in a sentence
He appears to be just another egotist enjoying his ability to pontificate for hours at a time with or without enough facts to back up what he is saying.
Opinion | Afghanistan brings out worst in CNN’s Tapper | Peter Rosenstein | August 24, 2021 | Washington BladeA man stereotyped as a publicity-seeking egotist kept many of those successes secret.
Richard Holbrooke's Last Mission in Afghanistan by David Rohde | David Rohde | November 26, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTIn other words, he must have been an egotist, which he was not.
My Recollections of Lord Byron | Teresa GuiccioliSo this raid of an intolerable egotist across the disordered beginnings of a new time should have closed.
The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind | Herbert George WellsThere is no proof that this unbrotherly, unhumorous egotist was ever sincerely loved by any human being.
The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind | Herbert George Wells
M. d'Ablaincourt was an egotist; but, at the same time, a well-bred, a well-mannered egotist.
Bentley's Miscellany, Volume II | VariousBeing an egotist also, if I may say so, on a national scale, he thought humanity could only be redeemed by German art.
Richard Wagner | John F. Runciman
British Dictionary definitions for egotist
/ (ˈiːɡətɪst, ˈɛɡ-) /
a conceited boastful person
a self-interested person; egoist
Derived forms of egotist
- egotistic or egotistical, adjective
- egotistically, adverb
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