ego trip
Use Ego trip in a sentenceego trip
noun Informal.
an act or course of action undertaken primarily to satisfy one's vanity or for self-gratification: Her charitable activity was one long ego trip.
Origin:
1965–70
1965–70
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goʊˌtrɪp, ˈɛg
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| ego trip | |
| —n | |
| 1. | something undertaken to boost or draw attention to a person's own image or appraisal of himself |
| —vb , -trips, -tripping, -tripped | |
| 2. | to act in this way |
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Slang Dictionary
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Idioms & Phrases
ego trip
Behavior or activities undertaken mainly out of vanity or for self-gratification. For example, She's really on an ego trip, trying out for the lead. [1960s]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Example sentences
And staying on for a few weeks or months is an empty ego trip.
Otherwise, civil disobedience was an ego trip, not a moral action.
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