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View synonyms for egoist
ˈegoist
/ ˈɛɡ-; ˈiːɡəʊɪst /
noun
- a person who is preoccupied with his own interests; a selfish person
- a conceited person; egotist
- ethics a person who lives by the values of egoism
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Derived Forms
- ˌegoˈistic, adjective
- ˌegoˈistically, adverb
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Other Words From
- anti·ego·ist noun
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
Was she merely an egoist—it ran in the family—or did it conceal much that she had no intention of revealing?
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Ada's a good child, as good as a born egoist can be, but—well—we are not all made on the same plan.
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You are an egoist to create all this excitement; don't you know that the maids are out in the hall crying?
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It is an awful thing when a poseur ceases to pose, when an egoist becomes a human being.
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My sufferings, my repugnance, my feelings, all my egoism—for I know that I am an egoist—ought to be sacrificed to the family.
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