egoistic
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- adjective
- /ˌiːɡoʊˈɪstɪk/
- Everyone was worried that his egoistic decisions would hurt the team.
- altruistic versus egoistic
- egoistic deprivation
- egoistic orientation
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Watch on YouTubeWhat does that do from a purely egoistic perspective?
- What does that do from a purely egoistic perspective?
- We cannot say egoistic attitude wrong, we cannot say anger is bad.
- And you see a quite new element when got into the egoistic tradition with Nietzsche.
- We can't do much with an egoistic person other than appeal to their egoistic incentives.
- But if you're just imagining that it's yours, that's still egoistic, right?
- This knowledge who have to help them to liberate, actually trap them into their own egoistic nature.
- So we can start out with a war of all against all, or let's just call it conflict between people over their egoistic desires and plans.
Examples
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What does that do from a purely egoistic perspective?
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So not every case of using reason is just egoistic rationalizing.
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My comment: If we live in an egoistic world, then our media talk about what is closer to them.
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Unlimited egoistic behavior is not right.
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First, I discuss what each thinker held was the fundamental problem of human existence, the problem of the egoistic "I."
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But those reasons might be reasons that only speak to my perspective, for example, my egoistic interests, and might not be approvable by others, given their perspective.
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On the personal level, God's Spirit or grace moves to open up the lethargic and egoistic dimensions of human freedom into self-transcendence and service of the other.
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Some people are very egoistic and only think about their own needs.
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Her egoistic attitude made it hard for her to keep friends.
Synonyms
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Caring only about yourself and not about other people
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A person who is only interested in their own needs and not in other people's feelings
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Being sure you are much more important than other people
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Putting your own needs first without caring about others
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A person who thinks only about their own needs and not about other people
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Seeing yourself as much more important than other people
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Being only interested in your own needs and feelings
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Thinking only of oneself and not caring about other people's feelings
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A person who only cares about themselves and thinks they are more important than other people
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Thinking only about yourself and ignoring other people's needs
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A person who cares only about their own gain and ignores other people
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Thinking you are more important than other people
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Seeing yourself as more important than other people
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Thinking only about yourself and not about other people
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Someone who cares only about their own wants, even if others suffer
Antonyms
How Selfish
- Offensive
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- Offensive
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- US
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Egoistic starts with ego, which means 'I' or 'self' and is the same root you see in the familiar word ego. So, egoistic describes someone who puts their 'I' first and acts selfishly.