egoistic

[ee-goh-is-tik, eg-oh-]

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adjective

pertaining to or of the nature of egoism.
being centered in or preoccupied with oneself and the gratification of one's own desires; self-centered (opposed to altruistic).

Also e·go·is·ti·cal.

Origin of egoistic

First recorded in 1825–35; egoist + -ic

Related formse·go·is·ti·cal·ly, adverban·ti·e·go·is·tic, adjectivean·ti·e·go·is·ti·cal, adjectivean·ti·e·go·is·ti·cal·ly, adverbnon·e·go·is·tic, adjectivenon·e·go·is·ti·cal, adjectivenon·e·go·is·ti·cal·ly, adverbun·e·go·is·ti·cal, adjectiveun·e·go·is·ti·cal·ly, adverb

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From the egoistic point of view this experiment is exclusively negative.
The Sexual Question
August Forel
Egoistic women who have a lover, also treat their husbands badly.
The Sexual Question
August Forel
He was not so hard, however, as he was egoistic, and it was not a question of softening his heart.
Robert Orange
John Oliver Hobbes
In its intrinsic nature it is not egoistic at all, but profoundly altruistic.
Visions and Revisions
John Cowper Powys
Why are most small business men narrow, egoistic, conservative?
Women As Sex Vendors
R. B. Tobias

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Examples from the Web for egoistic

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From the egoistic point of view this experiment is exclusively negative.

Egoistic women who have a lover, also treat their husbands badly.

He was not so hard, however, as he was egoistic, and it was not a question of softening his heart.

In its intrinsic nature it is not egoistic at all, but profoundly altruistic.

Why are most small business men narrow, egoistic, conservative?

Origin of egoistic