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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Origin of egoist
From the French word égoïste, dating back to 1775–85. See ego, -ist
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In Season 1, Jamie was introduced as a loud-mouthed egoist with an affinity for flamboyant clothing, often acting as an antagonist for Brett Goldstein’s often angry, introverted Roy Kent.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2022
The egoist doesn’t care about the public interest.
From Forbes ● Sep. 22, 2014
While Mr. Thomas’s Timon thinks nothing of hurling his own excrement at one of his unwanted supplicants, beneath the repellent exterior can still be glimpsed the bruised egoist of the first acts.
From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2011
England egoist" who was "snuffed out by a French cook.
From The Guardian ● May 14, 2010
The egoist feels himself surrounded by strange and hostile individuals, and all his hope is centred in his own good.
From The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer
This demand gives the lie to a common misconception of liberalism, namely, that it is an ethic of insouciant self-indulgence, a politics for blithe egoists.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2023
Finally, the game must be the undisputed king, and all the egoists and agitators would do well to fall in line.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 18, 2022
“Austria cannot afford any egoists right now,” he said.
From New York Times ● Oct. 9, 2021
The second is the assumption that human behaviour – of employees, customers, managers and so on – is best understood as if we are all rational egoists.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 27, 2018
I have listened for years to the prattle of men who call themselves egoists.
From Fantazius Mallare A Mysterious Oath by Wallace Smith
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