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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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
A nervous flier but a bigger egoist, Ali once refused to buckle up when a flight attendant asked him to do so moments before take-off.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 4, 2016
But she is also an insufferable egoist, a masochistic martyr and, when it comes right down to it, a pragmatist who is less innocent of worldly dealings than she lets on.
From New York Times ● Jul. 15, 2015
The egoist doesn’t care about the public interest.
From Forbes ● Sep. 22, 2014
The single moment bears to all others the relation of an absolute egoist, who does not wish to relinquish any part of its satisfaction for their advantage.
From A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution by C. M. Williams
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
And what of Mercedes between these two young egoists?
From Tante by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
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