noun
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a person who is preoccupied with his own interests; a selfish person
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a conceited person; egotist
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ethics a person who lives by the values of egoism
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Etymology
Origin of egoist
From the French word égoïste, dating back to 1775–85. See ego, -ist
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Example Sentences
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It’s egoist to want to procreate — I don’t need there to be another version of me.
From New York Times • May 3, 2021
It even links to modern artistic conventions, since Dürer — an ambitious egoist who monogrammed almost everything he made — was the first artist to use media as a branding tool.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2016
Unlike her two front-of-stage colleagues, McVie isn’t an apparent eccentric or egoist, but rather an understated craftsperson of plaintive easy listening and English soul.
From The Guardian • Oct. 1, 2014
The egoist doesn’t care about the public interest.
From Forbes • Sep. 22, 2014
He often did, being an egoist, and having in his veins the blood of many eloquent and excited revolutionary Poles, who had stood in market-places and talked and talked, gesticulating, pouring forth blood and fire.
From Non-combatants and Others by Macaulay, Rose, Dame
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