egotistic

[ ee-guh-tis-tik or ee-guh-tis-ti-kuh l; eg-uh- ]

/ ˌi gəˈtɪs tɪk or i gəˈtɪs tɪ kəl; ˌɛg ə- /

pertaining to or characterized by egotism.

given to talking about oneself; vain; boastful; opinionated.

indifferent to the well-being of others; selfish.

Nearby words

First recorded in 1855–60; egotist + -ic

Related forms

e·go·tis·ti·cal·ly, adverban·ti·e·go·tis·tic, adjectivean·ti·e·go·tis·ti·cal, adjectivean·ti·e·go·tis·ti·cal·ly, adverb

non·e·go·tis·tic, adjectivenon·e·go·tis·ti·cal, adjectivenon·e·go·tis·ti·cal·ly, adverbun·e·go·tis·ti·cal, adjectiveun·e·go·tis·ti·cal·ly, adverb

He was egotistical even as a child, it is noted, infatuated with the sight of his name on a rubber stamp and later as a byline.
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In the end, his egotistical personality and his unabashed ambition to join the highest ranks did him in.
The Eerie Echoes Between the Trials of Bo Xilai and His Father|Wenguang Huang, Pin Ho|August 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST
With his gentle voice and romantic outlook, he provides a foil to the egotistical Tommy.
Meet the Germans Having Sex to Save the World|Marlow Stern|March 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST
With this in mind, I was not concerned about dealing with the director, egotistical or not.
James Deen: My Experience Making ‘The Canyons’|James Deen|February 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST

What I learned in 18 years from being an egotistical guy,” Markus says, “is to shut up and listen.
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He thought the first part not only egotistical, but rather clap-trap.
More Letters of Charles Darwin|Charles Darwin
His whole theory of humanity is tinged with the sad gray colors of a stolid, cold-eyed, ill-contented, egotistical indifference.
Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7)|John Addington Symonds
But she appeared to him vain, egotistical, grasping, odious.
The Bostonians, Vol. II (of II)|Henry James
But the social impulses themselves came into being through the union of egotistical and erotic components into special entities.
Totem and Taboo|Sigmund Freud
It both enraged and surprised him to find that she had a will of her own and was not content to obey his egotistical orders.
Red Money|Fergus Hume