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e·go·ist

 (ē′gō-ĭst)
n.
1. One devoted to one's own interests and advancement; an egocentric person.
2. An egotist.
3. An adherent of egoism.

e′go·is′tic, e′go·is′ti·cal adj.
e′go·is′ti·cal·ly adv.
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egoist

(ˈiːɡəʊɪst; ˈɛɡ-)
n
1. a person who is preoccupied with his own interests; a selfish person
2. a conceited person; egotist
3. (Philosophy) ethics a person who lives by the values of egoism
ˌegoˈistic, ˌegoˈistical adj
ˌegoˈistically adv
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e•go•ist

(ˈi goʊ ɪst, ˈɛg oʊ-)

n.
1. a self-centered or selfish person.
2. an arrogantly conceited person; egotist.
3. an adherent of egoism.
[1775–85; < French égoïste]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.egoist - a conceited and self-centered personegoist - a conceited and self-centered person
disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable
blowhard, boaster, braggart, bragger, line-shooter, vaunter - a very boastful and talkative person
egomaniac - an abnormally egotistical person
show-off - someone who deliberately behaves in such a way as to attract attention
know-all, know-it-all - someone who thinks he knows everything and refuses to accept advice or information from others
megalomaniac - a pathological egotist
miles gloriosus - a braggart soldier (a stock figure in comedy)
popinjay - a vain and talkative person (chatters like a parrot)
2.egoist - a self-centered person with little regard for others
selfish person - a person who is unusually selfish
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egoist

noun
A conceited, self-centered person:
Informal: swellhead.
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Translations
شَخْص أناني
egoistselvoptaget person
Egoist
égoïste
egoista
eigingjarn maîur
egoista
egoist
sebec
bencilegoist
自我主义者

egoist

[ˈegəʊɪst] Negoísta mf
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egoist

[ˈiːgəʊɪst ˈɛgəʊɪst] négoïste mf
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

egoist

nEgoist(in) m(f), → selbstsüchtiger Mensch
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

egoist

[ˈɛgəʊɪst] negoista m/f
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

ego

(ˈiːgəu) , (ˈegou) noun
1. personal pride. His criticism wounded my ego.
2. the part of a person that is conscious and thinks; the self.
egocentric (egəˈsentrik) , ((American) i:gou-) adjective
interested in oneself only.
ˈegoism (ˈe-) , ((American) i:-) noun
selfishness.
ˈegoist (ˈe-) , ((American) ˈi:-) noun
ˌegoˈistic, egoˈistical adjective
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egoist

n egoísta mf
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Desiring to classify her, Mary bethought her of the convenient term "egoist."
"She's an egoist," she said to herself, and stored that word up to give to Ralph one day when, as it would certainly fall out, they were discussing Miss Hilbery.
Well, anyway, I know that I am a blackguard, a scoundrel, an egoist, a sluggard.
'The Egoist' (1879) and 'Diana of the Crossways' (1885) are among his other strongest books.
A thorough egoist, a spendthrift and a miser in one,--that is to say, spending his money solely on himself,--sharp, aggressive, and indiscreet, he did mischief for mischief's sake; above all, he attacked the weak, respected nothing and believed in nothing, neither in France, nor in God, nor in art, nor in the Greeks, nor in the Turks, nor in the monarchy,-- insulting and disparaging everything that he could not comprehend.
The sight of Colleville, a man of real feeling, bound almost indissolubly to Thuillier, the model of an egoist, presented a difficult problem to the mind of an observer.
That's it!" snapped the egoist. "That's a parable of the general situation in England.
So true, so sweet, so noble, so little an egoist, and that, let me tell you, is much in this age, so sceptical and selfish.
"Perhaps the rules of morality cannot be absolute," Benassis answered; "though this is a dangerous idea, for it leaves the egoist free to settle cases of conscience in his own favor.
"But I always understood that those supermen were rather what you may call egoists."
While an egoist (someone who always acts to maximize his self-interest) might behave egotistically, or display vanity, he might well not.
As a rational egoist would put it, human beings live by reason and therefore have the ability to live together as traders, each benefiting by working and collaborating with others.
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