egoist

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The egoist in you will find it hard to resist bragging about the proliferation of butterflies that will flock to the drought-tolerant De La Mina.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2022

A nervous flier but a bigger egoist, Ali once refused to buckle up when a flight attendant asked him to do so moments before take-off.

From The Guardian • Jun. 4, 2016

But she is also an insufferable egoist, a masochistic martyr and, when it comes right down to it, a pragmatist who is less innocent of worldly dealings than she lets on.

From New York Times • Jul. 15, 2015

The egoist doesn’t care about the public interest.   

From Forbes • Sep. 22, 2014

But all this now lies as near him as his own person lies to the egoist.

From The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Schopenhauer, Arthur