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egotisms

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-importance

Synonyms

STRONGEST

arrogance narcissism self-absorption selfishness

STRONG

boastfulness bragging conceit egoism immodesty pride self-aggrandizement self-centeredness self-praise vainglory vanity

WEAK

self-admiration vainness

Antonyms

STRONG

humility modesty shyness timidity

Example Sentences

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Ed, one of the sons of the family -- played by Turner -- serves as a narrator of sorts and sums up the rest of his family as "lazy, mediocre, vapid egotists".

From Barron's • Feb. 14, 2026

Both books are populated by egotists and opportunists, the quest for scientific priority, nationalism, ignorance, suspicion and doubts.

From Nature • Oct. 14, 2018

I don’t see the rush for the egotists that entertain world leaders and celebrities in their owners’ boxes.

From Washington Times • Jan. 21, 2018

Ms. Jackson and her husband acknowledged being temperamental egotists — actors, after all — and the efforts it took to make the marriage and career work.

From Washington Post • Apr. 14, 2016

Belonging to the race of Scott and Dumas, of the romantic narrators and creators, Stevenson belonged no less to that of Montaigne and the literary egotists....

From Studies in Literature and History by Miller, John O.