egoistic
Example Sentences
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He said that taking his campaign to Oli's door was not "an egoistic decision", but was designed to create wider impact.
From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026
What we can do—what many of us try to do over the course of our lives—is find our own unique hill on which we occupy the top and take our egoistic satisfaction that way.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026
She was regarded as aloof and egoistic, and could be contemptuous of actors she found lacking in commitment, bellicose in rehearsal rooms and unafraid of challenging eminent directors.
From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2023
We're of service to something greater than ourselves and our own selfish, egoistic needs.
From Salon ● May 26, 2023
We have both been seeking them by ourselves; and we have been therefore egoistic hedonists.
From The New Paul and Virginia Positivism on an Island by W. H. (William Hurrell) Mallock
