EGOTISTIC | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of egotistic in English

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  • He was intensely egotistic, and totally indifferent to all religious belief. 
  • He was not unduly egotistic. 
  • She was superficial, incapable, egotistic, coquettish and pretty. 
  • Thus the reminiscences are, in a sense, extraordinarily egotistic. 
  • Very egotistic and willful in his youth, careless of his affairs, and an imprudent gambler, at thirty years of age he had not yet settled down. 
(Definition of egotistic from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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He is reproached for pursuing his egotistic interests and striving to secure social privileges.
In the former case, we are 'egotistic': we are simply interested in maintaining our competing industries.
In other words, only by striving to produce the drama will egotistic society attain the free collectivity which in turn will allow the drama to be performed.
It is unnecessary to go into all this back history now—unnecessary and undesirable, a mere egotistic waste of time.
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I think that is about the most egotistic statement that any person could make.
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He distrusted capitalism for being unreliable, due to it having an egotistic nature, and he preferred a state-directed economy.
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He is portrayed as a handsome young man, but has a rather cocky and egotistic personality.
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The petty person is egotistic and does not consider the consequences of his action in the overall scheme of things.
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He is egotistic, but nowhere as arrogant and pompous in his promotional speechmaking as some of his other incarnations.
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He has a rather cocky and egotistic personality.
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He was criticized as being egotistic for his strong verbal retaliation.
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Acts of malice are different from egotistic acts.
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Egotistic acts are those guided by self-interest, desire for pleasure or happiness.
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He is temperamental, egotistic, prone to angry rages, and often cruel.
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According to an egotistic mindset, the less communal programs in order to ensure self-inspired demands, the better.
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Translations of egotistic

in Chinese (Traditional)
自大的,自負的,念念不忘自我的…
in Chinese (Simplified)
自大的,自负的,念念不忘自我的…
in Spanish
egotista…
in Portuguese
egoísta…
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