egotist

[ee-guh-tist, eg-uh-]

noun

1. a conceited, boastful person.

2. a selfish person; egoist.

egotist

/ ˈiːɡətɪst, ˈɛɡ- /

noun

1. a conceited boastful person

2. a self-interested person; egoist

Other Word Forms

• antiegotist noun
• egotistically adverb
• egotistic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of egotist¹

First recorded in 1705–15; egot(ism) + -ist

Example Sentences

Musk jumping around like an excited child at a campaign rally in October was embarrassing to most people, bur for an egotist like Trump, it probably felt like the praise he craves.

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Newey is a brilliant man, but he is not an egotist.

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He was an egotist passed much of the work of the team at Crocodylus Park as his own, Prof Webb alleges, and then poached their clients.

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To his critics and opponents, he is dangerous egotist, someone who arouses division.

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But they also connect because they’re gifted egotists who share core qualities that drove them down different paths: Billy, an ex-addict, sees Daisy’s erratic behavior as a byproduct of the desperate self-medicating he perfectly understands.

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