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e·go·ist

(ē′gō-ĭst)

1. One devoted to one's own interests and advancement; an egocentric person.

2. An egotist.

3. An adherent of egoism.

e′go·is′tic, e′go·is′ti·cal adj.

e′go·is′ti·cal·ly adv.

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Adj.

egoistic - limited to or caring only about yourself and your own needs

egocentric, egoistical, self-centered, self-centred

selfish - concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others; "Selfish men were...trying to make capital for themselves out of the sacred cause of civil rights"- Maria Weston Chapman

altruistic, selfless - showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others

egoistic

adjective

1. Concerned with the person rather than with society:

egocentric, egoistical, individualistic.

2. Concerned only with oneself:

egocentric, egoistical, egomaniacal, egotistic, egotistical, self-absorbed, self-centered, self-involved, selfish, self-seeking, self-serving.

Idiom: wrapped up in oneself.

3. Thinking too highly of oneself:

conceited, egoistical, egotistic, egotistical, narcissistic, vain, vainglorious.

Informal: bigheaded, stuck-up, swellheaded.

Translations

egoistiskselvoptaget

egoistinenitsekäsitsekeskeinen

égoïste

eigingjarn, sjálfselskur

egoistico

egenkjærlig egoistisk selvisk

kendini beğenmiş

egoistic

[ˌiːgəʊˈɪstɪk ˌɛgəʊˈɪstɪk] adj (= egotistic) → égoïste

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egoistic

[ˌɛgəʊˈɪstɪk] egoistical [ˌɛgəʊˈɪstɪk/əl] adj → egoista, egoistico/a

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ego

(ˈiːgəu) , (ˈegou) noun

1. personal pride. His criticism wounded my ego.

2. the part of a person that is conscious and thinks; the self.

egocentric (egəˈsentrik) , ((American) i:gou-) adjective

interested in oneself only.

ˈegoism (ˈe-) , ((American) i:-) noun

selfishness.

ˈegoist (ˈe-) , ((American) ˈi:-) noun

ˌegoˈistic, egoˈistical adjective

egoistic

adj egoísta

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"My love keeps growing more passionate and egoistic, while his is waning and waning, and that's why we're drifting apart." She went on musing.

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It was one of those rigid principles, and no petty egoistic feeling, which had been the ground of Nancy's difficult resistance to her husband's wish.

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