egotism
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You can take the measure of Charles Dickens’s egotism by looking at the names he gave his children.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
McNeal’s ambivalence is boldly handled: Unbridled egotism is punctured with regret.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2024
Navalny was a social-media phenomenon, a charismatic speaker with some of the egotism of a natural-born leader.
From BBC • Feb. 24, 2024
The single-actor format and clever use of camerawork give visual expression to the novel’s themes of overweening egotism and existential dread.
From New York Times • Feb. 16, 2024
Where other elite athletes betray their doubts about their capacities with displays of touchy egotism, Woolf was utterly insouciant.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
Vocabulary lists containing egotism
"The Great Gatsby," Chapter 1 Vocabulary
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"Nature" by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"Democracy in America, Vol. 1" by Alexis de Tocqueville, Chapters 16–17
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