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egoisms

NOUN

self-centeredness

Synonyms

WEAK

arrogance assurance boastfulness boasting bragging conceit conceitedness egocentricity egomania gasconade haughtiness insolence megalomania narcissism ostentation overconfidence preoccupation with self presumption pride self-absorption self-admiration self-confidence self-importance self-interest self-love self-possession self-regard self-worship selfishness superiority swellheadedness vainglory vanity vaunting

Antonyms

WEAK

altruism humility selflessness

NOUN

self-centeredness

Synonyms

STRONG

arrogance assurance boastfulness boasting bragging conceit conceitedness egomania egotism gasconade haughtiness insolence megalomania narcissism ostentation overconfidence presumption pride self-absorption self-confidence self-importance self-interest self-love self-possession self-regard self-worship selfishness superiority vainglory vanity

WEAK

egocentricity self-admiration swellheadedness vaunting

Antonyms

STRONG

humility meekness modesty shyness timidity

WEAK

altruism selflessness

Example Sentences

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"Let us eradicate the prevailing mentality revolving around our ego and personal and national egoisms which determine every decision we take," he said.

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2021

Such men—I never have known it to fail—are full of petty vanities and egoisms and contemptible weaknesses, the like of which Estenega could not be capable of.

From The Doomswoman An Historical Romance of Old California by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn

Life has blundered supremely, in, while making brains its darling, forgetting or helplessly surrendering to the egoisms of alimentation.

From The Glands Regulating Personality by Berman, Louis, M.D.

In this wide category of childish egoisms we seem to be near the level of animal ways.

From Children's Ways by Sully, James

Regular contracts are made between these two egoisms, each of which arms itself against the other with the Do ut des.

From Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion based on Psychology and History by Sabatier, Auguste