egomania
/ɛɡə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪə
/ /ɛɡə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪə/noun [mass noun]
Obsessive egotism or self-centredness.Ultimately what it amounts to is an aversion to pretentiousness and egomania....
- He may be insecure, but his insecurity expresses itself not in egomania or depression, but in a garrulous, love-me-do amiability.
- If a painfully hip novel set in the European fashion industry didn't contain the requisite amount of preening egomania, airy-fairy posturing and general preposterousness, you would probably ask for your money back.
