egotistic
- adjective
- /ˌiːɡəˈtɪstɪk/
- Offensive
- The egotistic athlete believed he was the sole reason for the team's success, ignoring his teammates' contributions.
Examples
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If you keep following that chaotic path, then you will turn into an angry, sad, mean, bitter, egotistic soul that is only out to get his while obliviously destroying himself.
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It's like an egotistic metaphysical Copernican view of ourselves, right?
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And yeah, it's maybe a bit egotistic, but the truth is you have a value, which is why they like you so much.
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Just bear in mind that the system is making you egotistic, man.
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We are all out for ourselves, and the most selfish and egotistic will provide the "progress" that the rest of us will benefit from.
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I'd get out of the car and march all the way back to Manhattan if I could, you egotistic scoundrel!
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Along with my egotistic fears and violent persona, you are just too stupid to recognize right now.
Fiction book (1994) -
Only Gauvain, with his developed anima, has the sensitivity to be in the world but not be imprisoned by its egotistic interests.
Academic text (1994) -
Yet their behaviour was egotistic, tempestuous, monstrous and, politically, despite the rosy glow in which some are seen today, always selfish.
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Often I find the intrusion of the singer to be unbearably egotistic and self-aggrandizing on their part, and by the close of even a three-minute pop song, the urge to physically throttle the singer is almost impossible for me to control.
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Synonyms
Behaving as if you are more important or better than other people
Someone who thinks they are much better than others
Trying to seem more important or clever than you really are
Being sure you are much more important than other people
Acting more important and formal than necessary
Thinking you are more attractive or important than others
Thinking you are much better than other people
Seeing yourself as much more important than other people
Acting as if you are better than other people
Acting as if you are better than other people
A person who only cares about themselves and thinks they are more important than other people
Claiming to be more important or successful than you are
Thinking you are much better or more important than others
Bragging too much about how great you think you are
Caring only about your own needs and wants
Being too proud and too sure of yourself so you ignore advice and make bad decisions
Seeing yourself as more important than other people
Thinking only about yourself and not about other people
Thinking you are better than other people
Thinking you are much more important than other people
Acting more confident and important than you really are
Having a very high opinion of yourself
Thinking you are better than other people
Antonyms
How Selfish
- Offensive
- Offensive
- US
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word egotistic comes from the Latin word ego, which means 'I', and you can see the same root in words like egotist and alter ego. So, egotistic describes someone who puts 'I' at the centre and thinks only about their own importance.