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egomaniacal
[ ee-goh-muh-nahy-i-kuhl, eg-oh- ]
adjective
- displaying egomania; abnormally or extremely selfish and self-centered, with an excessively high opinion of oneself:
His followers are eerily similar to those of another egomaniacal psychopath in the 1930s—Adolf Hitler.
Professor Lang is a vain, strutting buffoon, given to egomaniacal rages and ridiculous posturing.
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- e·go·ma·ni·a·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of egomaniacal1
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Example Sentences
Incidentally, the villains in this story are mostly egomaniacal men, while the women come off quite well.
Obama loves Kanye's music, but he'd rather spend an evening with the cast of Duck Dynasty than the egomaniacal rapper.
His refusal to submit has been described as egomaniacal and destructive.
He wished that O'Connor didn't make him feel quite so much like a first-year law student talking to an egomaniacal professor.
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