egotisticadj.
/iːɡəʊˈtɪstɪk//ɛɡəʊˈtɪstɪk/ Pertaining to, or characterized by, egotism.
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solipsist1936
1859 F. C. L. Wraxall tr. J. E. Robert-Houdin Mem. I. iv. 53 I began to lose the egotistic indifference which a lengthened illness usually produces.
1865 Reader 8 July 30 His diction is entirely his own, avowedly egotistic.
1877 J. B. Mozley Univ. Serm. (ed. 3) iii. 70 The Christian hope of immortality cannot be an egotistic hope.
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