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egoist|ˈɛg-, ˈiːgəʊɪst|
[f. as prec. + -ist.]
1. (See quot.)
1785Reid Int. Powers 640 A sect..called Egoists, who maintained that we have no evidence of the existence of anything but ourselves. 1860Mansel Proleg. Logica App. 313 It would not add one tittle to the evidence of the fact..in the eyes of anyone but an Egoist.
2. One who makes regard to his own interest the guiding principle of his conduct.
1879Sat. Rev. 15 Nov., He is..thoroughly selfish, an ‘egoist,’ as Mr. Meredith, adopting current slang, writes the word which used to be ‘egotist’.
3. One who talks much about himself; = egotist. Also quasi-adj.
1794Ld. Auckland Corr. (1862) III. 217 My next letter shall be less egoist. 1831Lytton Godolph. xix. (1877) 102, I will turn egoist, and tell you my adventures. |