as in egotist
a person who is overly concerned with his or her own desires, needs, or interests their boss is a demanding egoist who insists that everything be done her way

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Recent Examples of egoist At times, egoists can approach absurdity and drag their countries into outright disaster. 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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Noun
  • Nor for that matter is pathological liar, sociopath or malignant narcissist.
    Richard Behar, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
  • These are traits typical of those people who qualify as malignant narcissists.
    Rafael Bernal, The Hill, 29 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Or averred that Biden was sharp as a tack and that anyone who suggested otherwise was a jerk.
    Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • The extra that was shot by accident earlier this season was one such obnoxious jerk.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • It Chapter Two is down to clown, again — in a bloody, silly, overwrought sequel Moving down the tension scale to thrillers, Netflix is offloading a few particularly popular titles.
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 2 Nov. 2024
  • An 8-year-old girl fought off a man wearing a clown mask who police in Colorado reported attacked and attempted to kidnap her during a break-in at her family's home last week.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2024

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“Egoist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/egoist. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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