egoist
noun
ego·ist
ˈē-gə-wist 
-gō-ist
1
: a believer in egoism
2
: an egocentric or egotistic person
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Examples of egoist in a Sentence
their boss is a demanding egoist who insists that everything be done her way
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At times, egoists can approach absurdity and drag their countries into outright disaster.
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Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2019
McCarthy’s difficulties highlighted the power of hard-right extremists and social-media egoists among the fragile Republican majority in the House.
—Steve Coll, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2023
In Season 1, Jamie was introduced as a loud-mouthed egoist with an affinity for flamboyant clothing, often acting as an antagonist for Brett Goldstein’s often angry, introverted Roy Kent.
—Sam Wright, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2022
Burnham skewers himself as a virtue-signaling ally with a white-savior complex, a bully and an egoist who draws a Venn diagram and locates himself in the overlap between Weird Al and Malcolm X.
—New York Times, 1 June 2021
Think of a romantic egoist writing about himself in a cold barracks on Sunday afternoons . .
—Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2017
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Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2019
McCarthy’s difficulties highlighted the power of hard-right extremists and social-media egoists among the fragile Republican majority in the House.
—Steve Coll, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2023
In Season 1, Jamie was introduced as a loud-mouthed egoist with an affinity for flamboyant clothing, often acting as an antagonist for Brett Goldstein’s often angry, introverted Roy Kent.
—Sam Wright, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2022
Burnham skewers himself as a virtue-signaling ally with a white-savior complex, a bully and an egoist who draws a Venn diagram and locates himself in the overlap between Weird Al and Malcolm X.
—New York Times, 1 June 2021
Think of a romantic egoist writing about himself in a cold barracks on Sunday afternoons . .
—Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2017
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“Egoist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/egoist. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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