egotistical
adjective
ego·tis·ti·cal
ˌē-gə-ˈti-sti-kəl 
also ˌe-
variants
or less commonly egotistic
ˌē-gə-ˈti-stik
also ˌe-
: characterized by egotism : having, showing, or arising from an exaggerated sense of self-importance
an egotistical person/attitude/manner
… a man so egotistical … that he likened himself to Shakespeare, Milton and Byron …—
David Shaw
David ShawHis celebrity and wealth have allowed him to indulge his whims to such an extent that the most egotistical Roman emperors, by comparison, seem models of psychological stability.—Theodore Dalrymple
Theodore Dalrymple… each individual depends upon their friends to validate their own egotistical world view.—Randall Collins
Randall CollinsHobson's book is a small but rare thing: a memoir that is not egotistical.—Liesl Schillinger
Liesl Schillinger… a difficult personality prompts analysts to describe him as having a prickly mosaic of characteristics: dominant, strong-willed, powerful, egotistic, … most of all arrogant.—Stephen S. Hall
Stephen S. Hall
egotistically
adverb
behaving arrogantly and egotistically
He had no objection to honey, he said …, but he protested against the overweening assumptions of bees. … If every confectioner went buzzing about the world banging against everything that came in his way and egotistically calling upon everybody to take notice that he was going to his work and must not be interrupted, the world would be quite an unsupportable place.
—Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
Synonyms
Examples of egotistical in a Sentence
the egotistic pro quarterback was always too busy to sign autographs, forgetting that the fans had paid good money to see him play
the true spirit of the Christmas season is the resolve to be less egotistic and more altruistic
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The Learning Curve How to deal with the egotistical people in your life
Frank Lloyd Wright captured serenity in his masterpiece, Fallingwater, but his egotistical tendencies made life for others anything but serene.
—Big Think, 24 June 2024
At its best, Real Housewives shines when a bunch of egotistical women with narcissistic tendencies make a huge to-do about relatively inconsequential events, and this season of Dubai is delivering the frivolity on all counts.
—Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 11 June 2024
As for character traits, Ms. Holmes plays air violin rather than the real thing, and Ms. Watson isn’t passive about Holmes running rings around her intellectually, calling her out for being insensitive and egotistical.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 2 Feb. 2024
Trump’s treatment of U.S. allies was boorish and unnecessarily hostile, likely driven by egotistical cravings for status and masculine domination.
—Robert E. Kelly, Foreign Affairs, 22 Feb. 2022
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Big Think, 24 June 2024
At its best, Real Housewives shines when a bunch of egotistical women with narcissistic tendencies make a huge to-do about relatively inconsequential events, and this season of Dubai is delivering the frivolity on all counts.
—Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 11 June 2024
As for character traits, Ms. Holmes plays air violin rather than the real thing, and Ms. Watson isn’t passive about Holmes running rings around her intellectually, calling her out for being insensitive and egotistical.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 2 Feb. 2024
Trump’s treatment of U.S. allies was boorish and unnecessarily hostile, likely driven by egotistical cravings for status and masculine domination.
—Robert E. Kelly, Foreign Affairs, 22 Feb. 2022
See all Example Sentences for egotistical
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“Egotistical.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/egotistical. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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