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单词 egomaniac
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egomaniacn.

/ɛɡəʊˈmeɪnɪak/
Etymology: < egomania n., after monomaniac, etc.
One who suffers from egomania. Also attributive and transferred.
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society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > self-interest > [adjective] > egotistic
egotistical1825
egoistical1836
egoistic1841
egotistic1859
egomaniac1890
solipsistic1894
solipsist1936
society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > self-interest > [noun] > egotism > egotist
egotist1715
meist1737
egoist1794
automaniac1853
egomaniac1890
egocentrica1963
1890 Daily News 8 July 6/1 To the end she is an egomaniac, and her religion is but another expression of the sensuousness that is the active principle of her being.
1895 Westm. Gaz. 25 Feb. 2/1 The Ego-maniac—the degenerate who is too feeble of will to control his thoughts by a regard to the welfare of society.
1914 Daily Express 17 Nov. 4 The crazy egomaniac who has deluged Europe with blood.
1915 C. S. Jones Hohenzollern 199 So ruthless and imperious as to become that most dangerous of lunatics—a confirmed egomaniac!
1920 Glasgow Herald 20 Nov. 5 Pretensions that had grown to egomaniac heights.
1921 J. Galsworthy To Let ii. ii I know those enthusiastic egomaniac gentry.
1963 Punch 30 Oct. 640/2 And cats, egomaniacs.

Draft additions 1993

ˌegomaˈniacal adj. characteristic of or being an egomaniac; characterized by egomania.
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1934 in N. Webster Dict.
1969 Daily Tel. 19 Dec. (Colour Suppl.) 7/1 Most tennis stars I have met have struck me as egomaniacal prima donnas.
1978 P. Roth Professor of Desire 11 I consider transferring to another school, where I can start out afresh, untainted in the eyes of others by egomaniacal cravings for spotlight and applause.
1990 Sunday Times 2 Sept. v. 12/9 The real Conway is an egomaniacal bastard.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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