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- Dictionaryegotistical/ˌɛɡəˈtɪstɪkl/
adjective
- 1. excessively conceited or absorbed in oneself; self-centred: "he's selfish, egotistical, and arrogant"
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Learn the meaning, synonyms, examples, and history of the adjective egotistical, which means having or showing an exaggerated sense of self-importance. Find out how to use egotistical in a sentence and how it differs from egotistic.
uk / ˌiː.ɡəˈtɪs.tɪk / us / ˌiː.ɡoʊˈtɪs.tɪk / (also egoistic); (egotistical, uk / ˌiː.ɡəˈtɪs.tɪ.k ə l / us / ˌiː.ɡoʊˈtɪs.tɪ.k ə l /) Add to word list. considering yourself to be better or more important than other people. Synonyms.
To be egotistical is to have an inflated view of your self-importance — basically to think you're better than everyone else. You might express this egotism by constantly reminding your friends that you have a fantastic figure or a magnificent mind.
egotism. Activist students and intellectuals are currently regarded as having brought victimisation upon themselves through egotism, elitism and gross miscalculation of possible outcomes. From the Cambridge English Corpus. I, personally, find monologues a bit tedious and far too much to do with the egotism of an actor.
On the level of ordinary behavior and attitude, spiritual growth entails the death of selfishness, narrowness and egotism and a corresponding birth of generosity, compassion and service. From Huffington Post. Such egotism is a recipe for disaster. From Washington Post.
Egotistical means someone who likes to talk about how great and important they think they are. Learn more about this adjective, its synonyms, antonyms, and usage in sentences from the corpus.
Egotistical means having an inflated idea of one's own importance or being concerned only with oneself. Find out the origin, usage, and related words of egotistical in this online dictionary.
