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Egotistical

[ee-guh-tis-tik, eg-uh-] Example Sentences

e·go·tis·tic

[ee-guh-tis-tik, eg-uh-]
adjective
1.
pertaining to or characterized by egotism.
2.
given to talking about oneself; vain; boastful; opinionated.
3.
indifferent to the well-being of others; selfish.
Also, e·go·tis·ti·cal.


Origin:
1855–60; egotist + -ic

e·go·tis·ti·cal·ly, adverb
an·ti·e·go·tis·tic, adjective
an·ti·e·go·tis·ti·cal, adjective
an·ti·e·go·tis·ti·cal·ly, adverb
non·e·go·tis·tic, adjective
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non·e·go·tis·ti·cal, adjective
non·e·go·tis·ti·cal·ly, adverb
un·e·go·tis·ti·cal, adjective
un·e·go·tis·ti·cal·ly, adverb
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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Example Sentences
  • Grad students giving advice to mid-career academics or tenure track profs are being a bit egotistical.
  • Most of us are not egotistical, but you wouldn't know that .
  • His novels are decadent and egotistical and glorify force and masculinity.
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egotist (ˈiːɡətɪst, ˈɛɡ-)
 
n
1.  a conceited boastful person
2.  a self-interested person; egoist
 
ego'tistic
 
adj
 
ego'tistical
 
adj
 
ego'tistically
 
adv

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