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
Other Word Forms
- antiegoist noun
- egoistic adjective
- egoistically adverb
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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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
It was, he said, "an utter egoist preoccupied solely with its own appearance".
From The Guardian • Nov. 20, 2012
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
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 Schopenhauer, Arthur
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