egomaniacal
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of egomaniacal
First recorded in 1895–1900; egomaniac ( def. ) + -al 1 ( def. )
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His Truth Social posts are more self-referential and egomaniacal: in 2026, half of his posts have used first-person pronouns — sometimes more than 12 times in a single post.
From Salon ● May 26, 2026
He doesn’t take his craft or himself too seriously: In a span of less than 30 minutes, he tells me that he’s ignorant, frail, terrified, egomaniacal, terrible, rage-filled and vain.
From New York Times ● Dec. 4, 2024
People either love or hate the hyper-ambitious, egomaniacal, sometimes richest man on Earth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2023
Emanuel, who was the inspiration for Jeremy Piven’s egomaniacal, power-hungry agent in “Entourage,” is no pushover himself.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 7, 2023
His egomaniacal behaviour and his almost Rousseauesque fear and suspicion of others were only the external manifestations of his inner discrepancies.
From The Case Of Wagner, Nietzsche Contra Wagner, and Selected Aphorisms. by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
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