egotistic

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Mr. Margouleff, who reads quietly and naturally, does not come across as egotistic but rather as humble, even vulnerable, and able to laugh at himself.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who had been highly critical of what he called Mr Orban's "strange and egotistic game," posted on X: "Viktor Orban could be 'persuaded'... Let's move on."

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2024

The first-act klutziness is even klutzier, and he’s made the unfulfilling choice to shift our attention from the starlet to her egotistic male co-star, sacrificing her emotional arc for some low-hanging jokes about pretentious twits.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 14, 2023

As the trio rehearses for Cuevas’s upcoming movie, each of their unscrupulous and egotistic motivations rises to the surface.

From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2022

I could also say that he did this not through altruistic motives but selfish ones, in order to fulfill some egotistic impulse of his own.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt