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egoist

[ee-goh-ist, eg-oh-] / ˈi goʊ ɪst, ˈɛg oʊ- /


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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

Howard Jacobson’s novella “Pussy,” to be published in Britain in April, is a fairy tale about an egoist from a golden city who falls into a leadership position.

From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2017

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

The egoist doesn’t care about the public interest.   

From Forbes • Sep. 22, 2014

Baudelaire is an egoist He hated the sentimental sapping of altruism.

From The Poems and Prose Poems of Charles Baudelaire with an Introductory Preface by James Huneker by Baudelaire, Charles




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