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单词 egoistic
释义

egoist

noun

ego·​ist ˈē-gə-wist How to pronounce egoist (audio)
-gō-ist
1
: a believer in egoism
2
: an egocentric or egotistic person
egoistic
ˌē-gə-ˈwi-stik How to pronounce egoist (audio)
-gō-ˈi-
 also  ˌe-
adjective
or less commonly egoistical
ˌē-gə-ˈwi-sti-kəl How to pronounce egoist (audio)
-gō-ˈi-
egoistically
ˌē-gə-ˈwi-sti-k(ə-)lē How to pronounce egoist (audio)
-gō-ˈi-
adverb

Synonyms

  • egocentric
  • egomaniac
  • egotist
  • ego-tripper
  • narcissist
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Example Sentences

their boss is a demanding egoist who insists that everything be done her way
Recent Examples on the Web 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

Word History

First Known Use

1879, in the meaning defined at sense 1

egoistic

adjective

variants also egoistical
1
as in smug
having too high an opinion of oneself unfortunately, the race car driver is so egoistic that he pats himself on the back before anyone else has a chance

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • smug
  • arrogant
  • proud
  • selfish
  • egotistic
  • conceited
  • egotistical
  • vainglorious
  • vain
  • bigheaded
  • pompous
  • prideful
  • complacent
  • confident
  • self-conceited
  • domineering
  • self-important
  • important
  • self-satisfied
  • overweening
  • swellheaded
  • consequential
  • biggety
  • stuck-up
  • cavalier
  • boastful
  • assured
  • cocky
  • snobbish
  • self-opinionated
  • supercilious
  • assumptive
  • bombastic
  • snobby
  • swaggering
  • blusterous
  • haughty
  • snooty
  • bumptious
  • braggart
  • bragging
  • biggity
  • uppity
  • uppish
  • overconfident
  • braggy
  • pontifical
  • blustery
  • chesty
  • pretentious
  • disdainful
  • presumptuous
  • huffy
  • toplofty
  • high-and-mighty
  • imperious
  • self-assertive
  • superior
  • peremptory
  • condescending
  • self-centered
  • lofty
  • holier-than-thou
  • fastuous
  • hifalutin
  • toploftical
  • self-asserting
  • self-contented
  • lordly
  • self-confident
  • high-handed
  • patronizing
  • highfalutin
  • self-glorifying
  • masterful
  • self-assured
  • presuming
  • self-congratulatory
  • self-engrossed
  • self-dramatizing
  • self-promoting
  • high-hat
  • self-adulatory
  • self-gratulatory
  • self-applauding
  • self-affected

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • humble
  • modest
  • egoless
  • diffident
  • timid
  • unassertive
  • meek
  • uncomplacent
  • self-critical
  • self-doubting
  • unassuming
  • unpretentious
  • introverted
  • sheepish
  • bashful
  • shy
  • self-distrustful
  • self-reproachful
  • mousy
  • demure
  • self-reproving
  • shrinking
  • unarrogant
  • overmodest
  • retiring
  • mousey
  • down-to-earth
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2
as in selfish
overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests they're too egoistic to even give a thought to becoming involved in something that benefits the whole community

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • selfish
  • egocentric
  • egotistic
  • narcissistic
  • egomaniacal
  • solipsistic
  • egotistical
  • self-centered
  • self-oriented
  • self-interested
  • self-concerned
  • self-absorbed
  • self-serving
  • self-obsessed
  • self-regarding
  • self-seeking
  • self-preoccupied
  • self-loving
  • self-involved
  • self-infatuated
  • conceited
  • proud
  • vainglorious
  • smug
  • pompous
  • prideful
  • complacent
  • inner-directed
  • vain
  • self-conceited
  • self-indulgent
  • self-important
  • self-complacent
  • self-contented
  • self-glorifying
  • overweening
  • self-satisfied
  • self-opinionated
  • self-pleased
  • self-directed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • unselfish
  • selfless
  • altruistic
  • humanitarian
  • benevolent
  • philanthropic
  • philanthropical
  • magnanimous
  • charitable
  • generous
  • beneficent
  • diffident
  • self-forgetful
  • greathearted
  • self-forgetting
  • self-sacrificing
  • self-denying
  • self-giving
  • other-directed
  • self-doubting
  • self-flagellating
  • self-reflective
  • self-questioning
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